educational ERP tool<\/a> showed that its servers were especially susceptible to DDoS attacks. Changes were then made to correctly configure those servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCyberattacks: A Concern Too Big for Small Businesses to\nIgnore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nCyberattacks impact SMBs in a more severe\nmanner as compared to large organisations. Even in adverse hacking cases,\ninvestors and influential clients of large enterprises can bail them out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2011, Sony PlayStation network\nsuffered one of the biggest security breaches in history, compromising data of\nmore than 75 million users. At the end of it, Sony walked away easily by\nissuing a security patch and some free games as remittance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
SmallBizDaily.com was not so lucky. The site was dedicated to publishing well researched articles for small businesses. It was hacked one day, and months of published posts were lost, never to be recovered again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSMBs believing that they won\u2019t be hacked\never and therefore don\u2019t need a cybersecurity policy can\u2019t be farther away from\nthe truth. Unlike large corporations, small businesses find it really tough to\nsurvive the aftermath of a data breach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is where VAPT is useful for SMBs running tight on budgets. It points out gap in network security<\/a> that can be exploited by hackers and suggests counter-intuitive measures. It is also the best tool for building trust among clients and investors. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A report by Kaspersky found that more than 35% small and medium enterprises in India became prey to data breaches in 2019. Such a staggering statistic reflects that most of the SMEs today are achieving growth at the cost of security. Small business owners are often under the impression that hackers prefer the critical data […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":18915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9417],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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