Security News > 2022 > January > Small businesses are most vulnerable to growing cybersecurity threats

While protecting digital resources may be easy for large companies that can afford to hire in-house cybersecurity staff and establish threat monitoring and endpoint detection infrastructure, this endeavor can often seem impossible for SMBs. All the while, the dangers for smaller businesses could not be more acute, especially since the businesses' operators and employees are often uninformed about common cybersecurity threats.

Unique threats to SMBs. The scope of cybersecurity threats to small companies is no less varied than the threats large multinational corporations face, but SMBs' size and lack of infrastructure often leaves them more vulnerable to targeted hacking schemes and threats.

All these threats represent a growing danger to SMBs' success - and some SMBs are more vulnerable than others.

On top of growing threats, additional cybersecurity compliance requirements and regulations being passed at the state and federal levels are complicating security processes even for those SMBs that want to get serious about cybersecurity.

Getting certified for federal measures like the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification will be a boon for any SMB looking to make their bids much more attractive, especially with the flood of new contracts following the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

With all these threats and regulatory requirements swirling around SMBs, operators need to choose the most cost-effective and powerful cybersecurity measures to ensure their data is protected.

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