Symantec free simulator tool threatens security

Symantec has launched a tool to help small and medium businesses better understand the possibilities of threatening potential information.

The tool simulates the business threats of Symantec (Business Threat Simulator) using methods to simulate threat attacks in the business environment to assess the risk of security vulnerabilities, identify impacts related to business, then give advice to businesses to enhance their information protection.

These security threats include virus or hacker attacks, lost or stolen devices, mistakenly erase data and natural disasters, all of which can put business information at risk and lead to losses. heavy profit.

Business Threat Simulator is provided free of charge in countries in Asia - Pacific and Japan, with English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean and Thai versions.

According to the survey of the level of readiness to respond to disasters in Symantec's small and medium enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region and Japan, in the past 12 months, an average medium and The system has been broken down by three times due to virus or hacker interruption (61%), power outages (60%), and natural disasters such as floods (57%). 36% of businesses surveyed have no plans to respond to such business disruptions.

The average cost incurred when the system is suspended is $ 10,000 / day in Asia-Pacific and Japan. These are costs related to performance, declining revenue and equipment replacement. System crashes or disruptions of the system actually cause heavy impacts, 38% of these cases last for 8 hours or more.