Category Archives: Small and Midsize Businesses (SMBs)

Why SMB Cybersecurity May Be Changing for the Better

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Cyberattacks represent a serious problem for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Consider that in 2019, 43% of attackers went after small businesses, and in 2021, 60% of SMBs said they were victimized by a cyberattack. Even more worrisome? For small and midsize businesses, cyberattack impacts go beyond downtime, lost data and reduced consumer trust. According […]

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One Size Does Not Fit All Organizations

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Often, when you read about cybersecurity, the advice appears to be ‘one size fits all’. People recommend the same things, regardless of if the business is two people in a home office or a global group with 100,000 employees. In some ways, the underlying concepts of cybersecurity are the same for all companies. However, the […]

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Small Business Cybersecurity: What to Fix, What to Manage and What to Outsource

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The risk posture of small and medium-sized businesses has changed a lot over the last few years. Bluntly: small businesses inherited a series of digital risks. Many of these risks, such as supply chain and cloud-related risks, can wound and devastate a small business. Meanwhile, the enterprise, armed with more resources, could sustain the shock. […]

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Starting From Scratch: How to Build a Small Business Cybersecurity Program

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When you run a small business, outsourcing for services like IT and security makes a lot of sense. While you might not have the budget for a full-time professional on staff to do these jobs, you still need the services. However, while it might be helpful to have a managed service provider handle your software […]

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6 Potential Long-Term Impacts of a Data Breach

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A data breach can destroy a business. For small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB), this is really especially concerning, as 60% will shut down within six months of the attack. While larger companies and agencies likely won’t have to shut their doors, they, too, suffer serious consequences. There are financial costs, which Ponemon Institute and IBM […]

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When ‘Later’ Never Comes: Putting Small Business Cybersecurity First

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Small- and medium-sized businesses can be victims of digital attacks as much as global ones can. In fact, 88% of small business owners think they’re open to a cyberattack. In response, startups must allocate time and resources to getting the right small business cybersecurity measures, right? If only business realities were that simple. Let’s talk about […]

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The State of Small Business Cybersecurity in 2021

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Most business owners are overconfident about their small business cybersecurity postures. Two-thirds of senior-level decision-makers who participated in a 2019 survey said they didn’t believe the small- to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) for which they’re responsible would fall victim to a digital attack. Within this prevailing view, many respondents didn’t view small business cybersecurity as important. […]

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How Growing Businesses Should Tackle Cybersecurity Challenges

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When we think about the most public cyber attacks and data breaches, we generally associate them with large enterprises. The truth is cyber attacks are not limited by company size. A significant cyber attack can happen to any company, in any industry and of any size. According to the 2019 Cost of a Data Breach […]

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SMBs Are Ready to Grow Into Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) and Beyond

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SMBs require enterprise-class solutions around mobility and endpoint management, but delivered in the way smaller firms acquire, deploy and manage IT management systems.

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SMB Security Best Practices: Why Smaller Businesses Face Bigger Risks

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While massive data breaches typically hog all the cybersecurity headlines, SMB security is also at risk as cybercriminals go after easy targets with low IT budgets.

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