04 Mar 09 The Benefits of Building a Website for Your Business

Gone are the days of thick directories and endless hours spent sitting down searching for a product or a service provider. Nowadays, all that information is available online. Whatever you need, whether it be the address of the local organic supermarket or the number of the city’s best doctor, everything is now available twenty-four hours a day at the touch of your fingertips.

Traditionalists may argue that the internet has removed a lot of practices that we thought we’d have forever – like having just a landline and the post office to stay communicated. These days, we can call and send mails through the internet, at a lower cost and with much less effort. Consumers are enjoying the perks of a convenient internet lifestyle. This is why businesses should adjust to the changing times and make their products and services available on the internet by establishing informative and appealing websites. The first thought that probably comes to a businessman’s mind is the cost. How much does it cost to build and maintain a website? Surprisingly, it doesn’t cost as much as you think it does. There are website hosts which offer sites at a reasonable cost. The cost usually includes protection from the sophisticated hands of hackers who might harm your information and that of your clients’ by offering free anti-virus, anti-spam and anti-phishing software. The packages can also include an interface where the business owner can communicate directly with the clients through chatting. The best thing about this feature is that there is no limit to the number of hours or the number of clients you can speak with.

At this point you might have already realized that building websites is not as expensive as you originally thought it would be. Website hosting costs include other perks so you are actually getting so much more that what you pay for. One of the primary concerns also includes the aesthetic side of having websites. What do you do when you do not have the technical skills to build a website from scratch? Website hosts also take this into consideration and efficient website hosts usually include hundreds of templates which you can choose from. With the numerous templates available, I’m sure you will find something which suits your business and your own personal style.

We are now at a stage where we have so much to do in so little time. Searching through the internet is such a convenient way of getting things done. Businesses should recognize this and build websites to promote and retain clients. It is cost-efficient and it is definitely a business strategy every businessman should try.

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20 Feb 09 Maybe its time to embrace “phisers” and hackers.

Sometimes unusual times call for unusual measures, and to borrow the cliché: do we bite the bullet, and change tact from the present criminalization of ID theft? I know mine would be a very unpopular hypothesis, but one common characteristic of hackers –who by the way may easily be into ID theft and phishing – is that they are usually people with above average intelligence. Kudos to all the companies dedicated to dealing with this menace, usually as a technological pro-bono gesture. Thumbs up to them.

But it might be necessary to ask ourselves: is it possible to eradicate ID theft/ phishing, or at the very least make it so rare as to become almost a non-issue? Do we have the technology to overpower these malicious individuals, and make their ‘art’ so difficult and so financially unproductive so that we end up forcing them to look for legitimate ways of spending their free time?

My answer is an emphatic No. unlike the vehicle industry which takes years to produce a more advanced simple gadget like a carburetor, computer innovations present us with almost daily new, easier to use, hip devices which make life so much fun. Therefore no government can ever discourage the internet revolution and its ever astounding innovations, unless they want to risk a countrywide mutiny.

But could hackers/phisers be successfully re-integrated into the law-abiding populace? Should criminal activity be seen to be encouraged? What about the victims? But if we will never defeat the miscreants, then what is the alternative?

My view, however unpopular, is this: in exchange for leniency/possible outright forgiveness, I’d propose the hacker and the “phisher” to be presented with two alternatives:

A sort of a six month moratorium, where total cooperation with law enforcement agencies should lead to their being absorbed into a special IT security institute – a sort of a half-way house – with good pay, but 50% of it goes to reimburse their victims.
For those who refuse to come out of their dark criminal world- a long jail term plus hefty fines should await them. I think the reasonable ones would take the former option.

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05 Feb 09 Threats to Security in the Internet

The internet is a vast network that connects millions of computers together. It has revolutionized how we share information together. It has taken great strides from its humble beginnings in the library to the information super highway it is today.

Its amazing growth does come at a small price. As we incorporate the World Wide Web more into our lives we become more dependent to it. We use the internet more in the work we play. We rely on the internet for instant information we need. We even use it to convey our thoughts in popular blogs and forums.

This dependence leaves you susceptible to attacks from people without the purest of intentions. These internet threats can come in different forms. One of the most popular forms of internet threat can be seen in malicious software or otherwise called “Malware”. Malware can come in many forms including Trojans, worms and viruses.

Trojans are programs that act as a useful program but allow other people to access information in your computer or deliver a damaging payload to your computer. Worms are programs that copy itself over and over without the need of a host program. This is in contrast to a virus which does the same thing but needs to attach itself to a host program to achieve this.

Another threat to your internet security is Phishing and Phishing sites. Phishing is the unauthorized gathering of information by a fraudster. This can be done through the use of Phishing sites that use automated means to pull sensitive information from your computer.

Another growing threat in the internet comes from scammers and hackers. Scammers are nothing more than fraudsters trying to separate you from your money. They can pose as charity groups or organizations in need of aid asking for a donation from your credit card. They then use the information you supplied through your credit card to steal your identity and cost you thousands of dollars.

Hackers are different from the normal scammer because they not only deal with the personal side of fooling someone but they can also go the technological route. Hackers are usually computer programmers that break through your security measures through the use of their skill in computers.

These are just some the threat you need to worry about when you are looking to the internet to expand your business. The people at Gossimer understand these risks and approach them holistically to provide the best security for your business website, business email and your domain name.

The key initiatives of their security strategy revolve around five key objectives: The privacy of your vital information; the integrity of your data; the protection of your data from being deleted or destroyed; the proper of identification and authentication of users; and the protection of your network service from hacking and internet attacks.

Internet security is a serious issue that needs to be addressed for the proper implementation of the web in your business. Contact Gossimer today and they will discuss how their solutions can specifically address your concerns about the internet and its security.

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