Risk & Business Magazine Condotta, Merrett & Company Fall 2015 | Page 6

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Small Businesses May Be More Likely to Experience a Cyberattack
BY: KARIN BASARABA, INTACT

S

ay the words, “cyberattack,” and most
people think of companies like Target
and Home Depot. Small businesses think
they are immune to this sort of breach.
But as more small companies adopt the
same technologies as large corporations,
they may be even more exposed than the
large ones.
“Big businesses are no longer the sole
target for cyberattacks, as smaller
businesses handling credit card
transactions and who collect and store
confidential information are often
more unprepared,” says Tony