From the moment you first connected to the Internet, you have probably been told that you need to use security measures to protect yourself. This is something that all Internet users face all of the time. There is a great deal more to protection for Internet Marketers however. Internet Marketers need more protection than that average user simply because they have more to protect, and of course they have more at stake. The average user may use their personal computers to shop, play games, or to surf the Internet. As an Internet Marketer, you probably do all of those things, but you also operate an entire business online.

A hacker can easily break into the email that is associated with your website, read your mail, and use that account to send thousands of spam emails out – all in your name – between the time that you turn off your computer for the day and fire it up again in the morning. They could even do it while you are taking your lunch break – or while you are sitting in front of the screen working. They may also manage to break into the databases on your website and obtain all sorts of private information concerning your customers. Either of these actions could literally put you out of business in a matter of hours – or minutes. This goes far beyond protecting your own personal credit card information or identity. This is basically about protecting everything you’ve worked so hard for. The average user worries about computer viruses and protecting their identity. You have to worry about protecting yourself from computer viruses, protecting your website from malicious acts, protecting your customer’s information, and protecting yourself legally. You would be surprised at the number of Internet Marketers who have failed to take these security measures.