TOTOWA AND CHERRY HILL, NJ—For most business sectors, including the commercial real estate industry, cybercrime is a very real threat, but as we have seen time and again, many organizations are underestimating the potential damage.
A single cyber-attack—one slip-up from even a smart, tenured employee clicking on the wrong email—can open the door to a company's undoing.
If a business falls victim to a cybercrime attack in which client data is compromised, its leadership will be investigated and questioned about what they did to prevent it from happening. If the answer is inadequate, they can be found liable. The company might be required by law to inform clients that their private records, financials and data have been exposed. Client relationships will be put in jeopardy, and the competition will look to leverage the opportunity. And, unless the victim company has a very specific type of crime insurance, no help will come from the bank.
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