Eighty Percent of SMBs Rank IT Security as Top Business Priority
Eighty percent of surveyed small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) rank IT security as a top business priority, with 29 percent spending less than $1,000 on IT security annually, according to a new Untangle 2019 "SMB IT Security Report".
Untangle surveyed more than 300 SMBs globally to learn more about the state of IT security at these organizations. Data on IT trends that include budget and resource constraints, breaches, IT infrastructure, cloud adoption, and the general state of IT were compiled. "The lack of a dedicated IT security workforce is also apparent with 52 percent citing they do not have an in-house IT security professional on staff and therefore distribute the responsibility across other roles," says the report.