When Beth Burnside, the owner of CMIT Solutions of Erie, started her consulting business 16 years ago, her work was vastly different than the concerns over cyber security she sees today.

"It was all about architecture, being productive, sharing files, making sure they were up and running," said Burnside. "That is routine for all of our clients now. We've been managing that for them for years. The biggest concerns now are security concerns."

Burnside explains that technology is evolving extremely rapidly. She consults small to mid-size companies, and she spends majority of her time educating on what hackers may be looking for. 

"What they're looking for is information that can put a profile of a person together. Your name coupled with your address, coupled with your Social Security number, coupled with your banking sites and passwords."

"We have a lot of businesses that say, oh, I don't have anything anybody would want," said Bunrside. "Well, you know what? They often have protected information for their employees. They forget that they likely have HR data at a minimum."

Burnside reminds clients that human error a major risk to cyber security. She says that step one is to council all your employees on being mindful on what links or attachments you are opening.