7 tips to defend your business against a cyberattack

As a banker, Laura Poshard knows how devastating cybercrime can be for a small business.

“We live in a world dominated by technology,” said Poshard, vice president of business banking for Amegy Bank in Houston. “A cyberattack can occur at any point in your business, and they seem to get more sophisticated every day.”

Poshard tells of how one of the bank’s clients was defrauded of thousands of dollars before noticing that its checking account information had been compromised. A vendor’s…