If you're a business, there's a target on your back, or yourdata to be more precise. Cyber criminals have developed alucrative, black market enterprise that will rival some majorcompanies when it comes to valuing information that's been hackedfrom legitimate sources.

Hardly a week goes by without a release about a high-profilecyber attack against a company. At a presentation entitled,"Hacked: The Realities of a Cyber Event" hosted by Travelers in Washington, D.C., recently, apanel of experts discussed the impact of cyber crime on small tomedium-sized businesses. "One in two companies report being thetarget of a cyber attack," stated Tim Francis, enterprise leaderfor cyber insurance for Travelers. "Sixty percent of attacks lastyear struck small to medium-sized businesses." He said there are34,529 known computer incidents each day and the goal for the badguys is to "make money as easily as possible."

All of the information stolen has value on the Dark Web,where names, social security numbers, credit cards and other dataare available for sale. Credit cards can be purchased for $10 to$35 per name. Social security numbers are worth significantly morebecause they can allow users to open bank accounts, credit cards,rent apartments and basically create a new identity.