Most small businesses see IT security as a threat that doesn't really target them. I was over at the NIST website today and stumbled on some information they released for Cyber Security Awareness Month, which is this month if you didn't know :) The video was decent and brought up some good stats that I think any small business should listen to. A large percentage of small businesses experience laptop theft, insider abuse, virus infection and bot infection.
The page brings out that although as a one off, small businesses are small targets. However, when you take into account that small businesses make up what they are stating 95% of businesses in America and 50% of the nations gross national product, that isn't so small is it? Control of that could be quite devastating to the whole country.
They have released a 20 page guide outlining common things small businesses can do to help secure their networks. If you want a copy of this, or just want to watch the video, you can find them at the following links:
Article
Video
Security Document
SMB Security Page at NIST
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