Total cost of cybercrime in some countries such as the UK cost £27bn a year. The majority (£21bn) is committed against businesses, which face high levels of intellectual property theft and industrial espionage*.

Phishing, cybersquatting and brand hijacking are just some of the online brand infringement activities that businesses across the globe are subjected to on a daily basis, resulting in damaged brand reputations and IP, disgruntled customers and significant revenue loss.

The types of online infringement that NetNames scans for include:

• Brand hijacking
• Phishing attacks
• Cybersquatting
• Typosquatting
• Logo abuse (or any content or images related to your brand)
• Domain monetization
• False claims of affiliation to your brand

NetNames assists global organizations protect their online reputations through:

• Alerting organizations of potential brand infringements in domain name registrations
• Monitoring for brand abuse in website page content, meta tags and hidden website code
• Identifying the unapproved use and modified versions of a company’s logos and images online
• Preventing phishing attacks from growing into large campaigns
• Detecting websites falsely claiming to be sponsored by an organization, affiliated to it, or acting as an authorized agent
• Stopping typosquatters using your name in their domains
• Takedown action on infringing websites, auction listings and B2B sites
• Statistics on the amount, type and seriousness of different types of infringement activity

Request your free online brand audit

This is a free snapshot audit of where your brand is being infringed online.

The report is offered by NetNames at no cost for qualifying brands.

Request your free NetNames brand audit today or contact us by phone for more information.

_{*Source: UK Cabinet Office - The Cost of Cyber Crime Report, NetNames Brand Protection Intelligence Unit}