SMALL BUSINESS
CYBERSECURITY:
A QUICK PRIMER

An educational eye-opener for small businesses.

THE PROBLEM?
STAFFING AND BUDGET SHORTFALLS

69% don’t have sufficient security budget, in-house expertise or both ¹
1 in 5 have no security at all ²

EXPERIENCE: NOT THE BEST TEACHER

61% of all data breach victims
are businesses with under 1,000 employees³

HALF of SMBs have experienced breaches
of customer and employee information¹

THE RISING COST OF A LESSON LEARNED

Cost of breaches per business:¹

PASSWORDS: NOT PASSING THE TEST

63% of all data breaches involve weak, default or stolen passwords4
3 in 5 SMBs do not have visibility into employees’ password practices¹

TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION:
THE SMARTER CHOICE

65% of point-of-sale system breaches use stolen passwords³

PCI DSS now requires multi-factor authentication
for administering systems that access card data

THE ABCs OF
SMALL BUSINESS CYBERSECURITY

Assess assets, risks & resources

Know what you need to protect

Build your security policy

Spell out what’s allowed and what isn’t

Choose your security controls

Identify practices and technologies to enforce policies

Deploy your controls

Test to ensure controls work for the business

Educate staff, execs & vendors

Raise awareness and reinforce policies

Further assess, audit & test

Update as threats evolve and business changes

CYBERSECURITY SURVIVAL GUIDE

Build a successful strategy to protect your business,
assets and reputation with this six-step guide.

1 2016 State of Cybersecurity in Small & Medium-Sized Businesses (SMB), Ponemon Institute

2 Small Business Cybersecurity Survey Conducted by Google Consumer Surveys, April 2016

3 2017 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report

4 2016 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report

GET THE GUIDE

Cybersecurity Survival Guide

Build a successful strategy to protect your business, assets and reputation with this six-step guide.