Is Your Business a Cybercrime Target?

NCSA (National Cyber Security Alliance) and VISA did a survey at the end of last year among 1,000 small businesses in the U.S. The results were very surprising and concerning. We wanted to highlight some of the results and show SMBs that security should be a concern; and there are small steps you can take to make your company data more secure.

Here are some of the results from the survey:

• Close to 50% of small business owners believe the high cost in time and money to fully secure their business is not justified by the threat.
• 75% of owners said their employees have received less than three hours of network and mobile device security training in the past year, with 47% saying their employees received zero hours of training.
• More than 85% of small business owners believe that they are less of a cybercrime target than large companies.
• 54% believe they are more prepared to secure sensitive customer and corporate data than large businesses.
• 84% agree that they have the policies and procedures in place for keeping data and computer systems secure.

So, while small businesses do not see themselves as cybercrime target and do not put time or money in to security measures, they still feel that they are prepared and secure enough to handle sensitive data and keep their information safe.

In the meantime, the news is full of stories of small businesses that have been victims of cybercrime that have lost both sensitive information and money. It was only some months ago that authorities arrested a group of people that allegedly stole $70 million from U.S. bank accounts, specifically targeting small and medium businesses.

Considering the ramification of a security breach should urge small businesses to take their security measures a little more seriously. A security breach can cost a company a lot of money to clean up and can do irreparable damage to a company’s reputation. Take the first step and invest in SafeCentral’s WebProtection™ to make sure your VDI and cloud services connections are secure and that your endpoint data is safe.

SafeCentral’s WebProtection™ is a one-time install application that actually assumes that your machine is already infected with malware and ensures that the information on your computer stays secure. WebProtection™ interprets and intercepts over 5,000 discrete Windows commands and effectively blocks all potentially dangerous activities except those processes needed for the transaction. Learn more about how it actually works and how it keeps your information safe at www.SafeCentral.com.