Small businesses owners suffer from false sense of cyber security, report suggests
For those who cover cyber security, a new report with some interesting data. (Study co-sponsored by Symantec, so keep that in perspective). You can download it here.
(Press Release) The survey found that two-thirds (67%) of U.S. small businesses have become more dependent on the Internet in the last year and 66% are dependent on the network for their day-to-day operations. What’s more, 57% of firms say that a loss of Internet access for 48 hours would be disruptive to their business and 38% said it would be “extremely disruptive” and 76% say that most of their employees use the Internet daily.
…Yet a closer look reveals that most small businesses lack sufficient cyber security policies and training. Seventy-seven percent said they do not have a formal written Internet security policy for employees and of those, 49% reported that they do not even have an informal policy.