Many SMBs mistakenly believe they are too small to be hacked
If you think your business is too small to attract the interest of cybercriminals, you’re mistaken. According to a new report from Sectigo, not only are small and medium-sized businesses interesting to criminals, but are targeted frequently and with relative success. Based on a survey of 1,167 website security-decision makers at companies with fewer than 500 employees, the report states …
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Many SMBs still find online collaboration challenging
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced most small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) online. And yet, almost a year into the “new normal”, many SMBs still find it challenging to collaborate virtually. According to a new report from GetApp, almost two thirds of UK SMBs (64 percent) have conducted most of their business online since the start of the pandemic. Despite claiming …
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Vodafone offers UK SMBs free broadband
Telecoms giant Vodafone has announced it will offer small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) in the UK broadband for free, for an entire year. The company claims it wants to support SMBs as they move into the second year of the pandemic, and based the move on research that highlighted a heavy reliance on digital channels among small firms. Vodafone polled …
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Many IT SMBs have made no Brexit contingency plans
Even though many small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) in the UK work with organizations elsewhere in Europe, and almost a third of their income stems from these partnerships, many businesses remain ill-prepared for Brexit. According to a new report from Aldermore bank, businesses have been preoccupied with tackling the Covid-19 pandemic and could not find the time or the strength …
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Barely any SMBs have proper security protection in place
Cyberattacks against large enterprises usually provide the material for headlines, but that doesn’t mean small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) are any less vulnerable. As a matter of fact, a new report from NordVPN suggests SMBs are the “sweet spot” for criminals, for a number of reasons. For one, SMBs don’t often believe they are an attractive target. Many SMB decision-makers …
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SMBs that disclose breaches face less financial damage
Businesses that proactively disclose data breaches tend to lose less money from the event, compared to those that try to keep the incident a secret. This is according to a new report from cybersecurity experts Kaspersky, which polled more than 5,200 IT and cybersecurity practitioners. Kaspersky found that SMBs, but enterprises as well, that voluntarily inform their stakeholders about an …
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Lack of IT expertise is significantly undermining the cyber resilience of SMBs
With Covid-19 forcing most business into the digital realm, becoming cyber-resilient has never been more important. However, small businesses are having a hard time staying safe because they lack properly skilled workforce and struggle with the concept of remote working. A new report by Infosecurity Europe found that more than four in ten of businesses (41.5 percent) cited lack of …
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SMBs would leave their IT service provider over cybersecurity
Cybersecurity remains a top priority for UK SMBs, according to a new report from ConnectWise. So much so, that the majority would happily switch IT service providers if it meant gaining access to the “right” cybersecurity solution. First and foremost, companies want to be confident in their ability to respond to cybersecurity incidents, minimizing damage and loss. More than four …
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British SMBs think they’ve been more productive during lockdown
New research from Vodafone reinforces recent findings that remote and home workers are, in fact, more productive, compared to their peers in the office. Vodafone recently polled 1,003 small business employees about their thoughts and experiences with remote and home working, and found that 40 percent of them put in extra 642 hours, or 26 days, since the UK lockdown …
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