Is Your Dealership Armed Against a Cyber Attack?

Cyber crime happens, and without warning. Hackers, those nasty, tech-savvy demons hell-bent on stealing online data, such as bank accounts, credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, personal identities and more, are costing businesses big bucks every year.

Car dealerships are just as vulnerable as any other business, which is why, if you are a car dealer, you better make sure your business networks are protected against a cyber attack. If you don’t take steps to do so, you run the high risk of a hack that could potentially crush your dealership into the ground like a mound of scrap metal at a junkyard.

A free ebook from Helion Automotive Technologies entitled “Don’t Get Cyber-Clobbered,” details the damage that just one cyber attack can wreak upon an unknowing dealership. It says that the cost of just one cyber attack could run up to two million dollars or more, and that one major expense from a security breach “is the cost to contact all customers and then manage and monitor their credit to ensure they are not adversely affected.” If this should happen to your business, the penalty you’ll feel is a lack of confidence and trust from your customers, along with tons of money. Could your dealership survive just one cyber attack? You don’t want to find out.

What data do hackers want? According to the Helion ebook, they’ll go after service repair orders, the info in deal jackets, customer credit reports, driver’s licenses, auto insurance cards, customer banking information, whatever they can find. They can even access copiers and scanners to hunt for any documents that may be digitally stored.

It’s a brutal picture. Don’t waste another minute. Read more about what you can do to prevent cyber attacks at your dealership.