Once upon a time, the information security was considered an option for big enterprises and it was held that there is nothing for small and medium businesses (SMB's) to worry about cyber attacks as cyber criminals are not interested in them.
Today no business is immune to information security threats and over the period of time, the cyber-attacks targeting SMBs has increased manifolds. With the aggressive adoption of latest technology trends like interconnected workforce, BYOD, virtualized working environment and work-away-from office by SMBs make them an easy target for cyber-attacks.
As SMBs have dissimilar characteristics hence the IT companies, over the years, developed information security solutions, services, methods and frameworks keeping big enterprises in perspective and the same are not feasible to be applied in the context of SMBs because of high cost and requirement of skilled resources to manage the same.
Moreover, because of distinct characteristics, the priorities of SMB are totally different from the large enterprises hence information security threat is often overlooked by SMBs as a serious business risk.
The majority of SMBs ignore the dangers posed by a cyber-attack as small businesses have very less information security mechanisms due to lack of financial and human resources. Though SMBs would be able to save some money in the short term by avoiding implementation of information security mechanism in the case of a security breach, the cost of attack could be much more than the short-term gain. The cyber-attack can cause reputation damage, loss of customer data, regulatory issues and, maybe worst, business closure.
Major information security threats to SMBs include:
At Core Technologies Services, Inc., we understand the importance of information security for small businesses. Our team of highly skilled information security professionals assists SMBs to keep their information secured by implementing right set of security mechanisms, a framework of best practice and standards.