A recent survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute of nearly 600 IT staff from businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees found that more than 50 percent have suffered a cyber attack within the past 12 months. The report, “The 2016 State of SMB Cybersecurity,” can be downloaded here.
The fact that only 14 percent of the companies surveyed rated their cyber defenses as highly effective sheds light on the specific challenges small and medium-sized (SMB) businesses face. With limited budgets and lack of IT staff that are devoted to cybersecurity issues, the task of keeping your business safe in an ever increasing digital world is daunting.