Cyber security matters for small businesses just as it does for large ones. Here are 12 of our most popular posts this year, covering several of the security issues a small business might face.
There’s a lot more information about how to secure your small business in our library of previous blog posts, as well as some guides with yet more information. Happy reading…
12 cyber security issues for small businesses
- In Are you a user? we discuss the difference between administrator and user accounts and why this matters for the security of your small business.
- Taking on your first employee? Some security issues to think about as you begin to expand your business by taking on staff.
- Unravelling your supply chain security. Most businesses, even the smallest, have some kind of supply chain. In this post we talked about what a supply chain attack is and recommended the NCSC e-learning modules.
- Encryption is not just for spies discusses why encryption matters – yes, even for small businesses.
- Security debt – how big is your Still-To-Do list? talks about all those security-related things that you haven’t quite got around to doing yet, and how to plan them into your schedule.
- What’s lurking in the shadows? This is a two-part series, talking about the dangers of online accounts that aren’t being used, and about shadow IT (software that your business might be using that you aren’t aware of).
- Security and the Gunpowder plot. While the ‘hook’ for this one was Bonfire Night, the topic matters: physical security, restricting access to sensitive areas of your business, and threat intelligence (keeping up to date with news about potential threats).
- One bank transaction: six potential attacks. We describe a call that a colleague had from their bank’s fraud team—and what the fraud team were worried about.
- Oops, nearly! on recording those near-misses: events that were nearly, but not quite, cyber incidents, so you can work on reducing the risk that next time they will become a bigger problem.
- Preparation and practice: problem solving. Finding a solution for a problem under pressure, while managing your own (and others) stress levels, takes practice.
- Reporting a cyber incident: who should you tell? discusses who is there to help if you experience a cyber incident, and who you need to tell.
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