Today’s workers routinely access sensitive files and data from their own smartphones and tablets, often in addition to PCs. You can almost characterize the days when SMB administrators worried about securing a worker’s company-issued desktop or laptop as quaint. “Additionally, the attackers focus narrowed, concentrating on fewer companies, and approximately 3 percent of small businesses were targeted in 2015, compared with 45 percent in the previous year.”Īnd the popularity of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs compounds the problem. “In 2015, 43 percent of targeted spear-phishing blocked by Symantec were destined for small businesses, compared with 34 percent in 2014,” stated the report. Even more disturbing, those attacks increasingly set their crosshairs on smaller companies. According to the study, the scattergun approaches of the past are giving way to more sniper-style attacks. “Attacks targeting small and medium businesses continue to rise as 65 percent of all targeted attacks struck these businesses in 2015,” blogged Symantec product marketing manager Nirav Shah recently, citing data from the company’s latest Internet Security Threat Report. Not only are their files and databases a trove of customer and financial information, accessing that trove can help attackers work their way up supply chains and partner networks and gain access to data from bigger companies. It’s no secret that small and midsized businesses (SMBs) make tempting targets for cybercriminals. Data Security: Small Business is a Big Target To help even the odds, the company launched a new product Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud. Though their businesses may be comparatively small, today’s entrepreneurs are confronted with colossal security challenges, asserts Symantec. Responding to their plight, Symantec has launched a new offering that lets small companies mount strong defenses against cyber-attacks while-at the same time-simplifying security management. Small businesses face a complex and unforgiving security landscape.
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