Marc Pickard from CBTech Support warns that all small businesses are at risk from cybercriminals for two key reasons. First, they're low hanging fruit and easy targets. Most don't have the technical and procedural protections in place to make getting hacked difficult. Second, they're stepping stones to larger, juicer targets which could be a client or supplier. Small business owners often don't have any idea of where to start to protect themselves from attack and find the whole topic overwhelming. Marc shares data that the average ransomware payment for businesses between 2 and 100 employees is $75,000 and this excludes the cost of clean-up, restoration, notification efforts and reputation damage. Marc provides some clear guidance on what a small business should do to minimize the risk of getting nailed by a cyber attack.

Show highlights

01:46 Small business owners are at risk of getting hacked for 2 big reasons

02:53 There's no place to hide. Hackers will find you.

03:44 Making yourself unattractive to cybercriminals requires both technical and human solutions

05:43 Using cloud based solutions doesn't necessarily protect you from cyber attacks

07:13 Dealing with staff that "bring their own devices" to work

08:23 How your business benefits from safeguarding your data and IT infrastructure

11:20 What does a small business need to do to protect them from a cyber attack

13:55 Learn about Marc. Email Marc at marc.pickard@cbtech.support

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