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A guide to SME security –
BECAUSE STRONG CYBERHYGIENE IS NOT JUST A LARGE ENTERPRISE ISSUE
Lawrence Perret-Hall , Director , CYFOR Secure , speaks to Intelligent SME . tech about why SMEs are especially prone to cyberattacks and how they can prevent them with strong cyberprotetction .
MALL BUSINESSES FACE
S plenty of challenges dayto-day : building a brand , hiring talent and stretching limited resources . Therefore , developing and implementing a strong cybersecurity strategy , up until recently , has never featured too highly on their business priorities . In fact , cybersecurity is still not a priority for many smaller companies . Yet as we ’ re seeing more cyberattacks targeting organisations of all sizes , strong cyberhygiene has never been so critical .
All too often , we hear business leaders and entrepreneurs working in small enterprises claim that they won ’ t be targets for threat actors and cybercriminal gangs , simply because there is no value in hacking their corporate networks . But just because your business doesn ’ t hold a large volume of sensitive data or work within a technology-focused industry , it doesn ’ t mean you won ’ t be their next victim . Some of the largest , most influential attacks in history have compromised smaller companies and used them as back-door entrances to breach larger partner organisations .
Unfortunately , there ’ s no silver bullet to cyberprotection for SMEs . However , there certainly are several solutions – including working with a security partner for backup strategies , cybersecurity awareness training and incident response plans – that will make cybersecurity much simpler for businesses that do not necessarily have the resource to get it right on their own .
Today ’ s threat surface
Supply chains are a big target for cybercriminals . Take SolarWinds as an example , where hackers gained access to more than 30,000 organisations by hacking into the
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THERE ’ S NO SILVER BULLET TO CYBERPROTECTION FOR SMES .
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