Cyber-Security Goes Unchecked Among Most Businesses
Just 27 percent of small business owners have had an outside party test their computer systems to ensure they are hacker-proof, according to the findings of Newtek Business Services' Small Business Authority Market Sentiment Survey. One of the key findings from the September survey was that 39 percent of business owners stated they do not have their data backed up in more than one location.
The survey also asked small business owners if they had ever been denied access to business because of a hurricane, tornado or other natural disaster, to which 65 percent answered they hadn’t, with 35 percent saying a natural disaster had impacted their ability to do business. Sixty-one percent said they do back up their data and business information in more than one location.