Small businesses are increasingly becoming the target of cyber criminals, to the extent that they are now the preferred prey, according to a new report.
This is often because SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) are badly prepared on the security front, with much smaller security budgets than larger firms, yet still represent a juicy target in terms of the potential gains on offer – particularly if, relatively speaking, it doesn’t take too much time or effort to crack their defences.
The new Government Security Breaches Survey showed that 74%, or three-quarters of small firms reported some form of security breach during 2015. That’s a big increase on previous years.
