LAPD Talks CyberCrime Prevention

Los Angeles Police Department and Symantec held a conference Monday morning to educate small business owners on how to avoid cyber crime. 

"LAPD does not stand alone in CyberCrime, we are part of a federal task force run by the US Secret Service," said Detective Andy Kleinick, who spoke as a repressentative of LAPD.

He also clairified that this LAPD task force has jurisdiction to pursue cases and suspects around the world "as long as there is a nexus to LA."

Kleinick also gave advice to small business owners, including a warning against using simple passwords like 1234 and 1111 saying, "That's not a password. That will not protect you."

A need for cyber security is at a high as data from Ponemon study of cyber crime shows a drastic increase from 2011 to 2012 data.