Many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) assume that hackers are not interested in targeting the small fish, without realizing that the dangers for smaller businesses are serious, especially since the businesses’ operators and employees are often uninformed about common cybersecurity threats.
While it is easy for large organizations to protect their digital assets as they have the means and budgets to hire in-house cybersecurity staff and establish threat monitoring and endpoint detection infrastructure, this endeavor can often seem impossible for SMBs.
To stay safe in 2022, the key is to become “Brilliant at Basics” of Cyber Hygiene and balance that with the way hackers think and target. These 4 steps can provide adequate controls for SMB’s to adequately protect their digital assets and make it difficult for Malicious actors to infiltrate.