Large companies spend hundreds of thousands, even millions, of dollars to improve the computer security of their corporation. But when it comes to small and medium-sized enterprises, they do not invest enough in this aspect.
According to the CNBC survey, only 2% of the SME owners surveyed said they see a cyberattack as a critical risk or problem they should face. This survey collected data from more than 2.000 SMEs from a wide variety of industries.
Taxes and the cost of employee healthcare were the two most popular reasons why entrepreneurs said they did not invest as much money in cybersecurity.
For an attacker, A small company is a target to attack for different reasons, since, often, They usually have their customers' personal data stored in their databases and are not as robust as large companies.
Another factor that may encourage attacks on SMEs is that they can serve as an access point to other, larger companies they collaborate with and, through them, carry out an attack on those companies.
The way SMEs can add protection to their systems is by hiring an external company to secure their infrastructure, since they cannot afford to have their own department for this.