Over one third of small businesses saw data breach this year: Report

Over a third of small businesses have witnessed data breaches in 2019, according to a recent Kaspersky survey.

The survey said that while the data breaches threaten small companies with painful consequences, the security measures taken by them to prevent such incidents are often insufficient.

“Smaller companies are often focused on how to make their business work and grow — just like they should be. They may not have cybersecurity among their top priorities, however, the cost for overlooking the problem will only grow. Why? Because malware doesn’t distinguish between its victims and because even very small organizations have something to lose, such as sensitive data,” commented Andrey Dankevich, Solution Business Lead, Kaspersky.