Sme Security news and trends

SMEs Put Faith In Outsourced Cybersecurity
B2B Payments // October 21, 2016

The majority of small businesses are not only aware of cyberthreats to their businesses but actually expect to be hit with a cyberattack at some point. A new report by Kaspersky Lab finds that, with so many small businesses understanding the threat of cyberattacks, yet...

SMEs Forced To Live With New Normal Of Cyberattacks
B2B Payments // October 18, 2016

The price tag attached to a data breach on a small business has increased this year, according to new analysis from IBM and Ponemon Institute. With their newly released “2016 Cost of Data Breach: Canada” report, the firms examined the financial impact of data breaches...

SMEs’ $3B Security Blunder
B2B Payments // May 04, 2016

Small businesses are increasingly targeted by cyberthieves looking for easy prey. A new report from JAVELIN has uncovered the price of being an easy target. According to researchers, small businesses lost an average of more than $12,000 in 2015 due to back-office fraud. That can...

SME Cybersecurity Attracts $112M In Float
B2B Payments // April 25, 2016

In the first technology IPO of the year, SME security firm SecureWorks raised $112 million. The public debut of the company on Thursday (April 21) landed less than what the company had initially hoped for, according to reports on Friday. SecureWorks, owned by Dell Inc., priced...

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SMEs Forced To Live With New Normal Of Cyberattacks

October 18, 2016
The price tag attached to a data breach on a small business has increased this year, according to new analysis from IBM and Ponemon Institute. With their newly released “2016 Cost of Data Breach: Canada” report, the firms examined the financial impact of data breaches on 24 companies in Canada to assess the damage. In […]