Small businesses face a lot of risks, one obvious one being the threat of potential cybercrime and how its influence can impact their businesses. Let\u2019s consider how these influences have taken shape, and the challenges that small and medium-sized businesses must now face as a result.<\/p>\n
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Obviously, security is important nowadays, but that doesn\u2019t mean that it\u2019s easy. With the list of compliance requirements and regulations expanding ad infinitum<\/em> (or seeming to, at the very least) it can be relatively easy for a business and the people operating it to succumb to complacency. It also doesn\u2019t hurt that these requirements and regulations don\u2019t always appear to be enforced.<\/p>\n Compliance standards are in place to help protect businesses and the customers who act as their patrons\u2014but many may fear that, with so many regulations, some contradicting overlap is inevitable. While this is rare, it isn\u2019t unheard of.<\/p>\n Regardless, these standards need to be upheld as a rule, as the expenses incurred keeping up with their requirements total to be less than the cost noncompliance would bring.<\/p>\n With the expansion of cloud-based tools in recent years, the required workforce to maintain the platforms that support them has fallen short of matching this growth. Worse, many public cloud security failures (95 percent of them, according to Gartner) take place because of things that the customers have done as compared to the platform providers. Misconfigurations in a cloud solution or environment can easily lead to significant security challenges, impacting cost overruns and contributing to data breaches.<\/p>\n With more people than ever using mobile devices, hackers have shifted their focus accordingly to target mobile platforms. Increased FinTech has also contributed to a rise in malware attacks that go after banking applications.<\/p>\n Phishing remains one of the most pressing cybersecurity threats that businesses and private users alike need to deal with. The social engineering tactic enables cybercriminals to effectively fool your team members into handing over the metaphorical keys to the castle, making these team members the active security failure. The best way to prevent this from occurring is to train your team to be able to recognize these attempts and mitigate them appropriately.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a lot more that we can offer to help you improve your business\u2019 cybersecurity. Find out what your options are by calling (215) 525-3223 today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Small businesses face a lot of risks, one obvious one being the threat of potential cybercrime and how its influence can impact their businesses. Let\u2019s consider how these influences have taken shape, and the challenges that small and medium-sized businesses must now face as a result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,61],"tags":[89,87,88],"class_list":["post-4687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-security","tag-cybersecurity","tag-malware","tag-phishing"],"yoast_head":"\nCloud Environment Misconfiguration<\/h2>\n
Increase in Mobile Malware<\/h2>\n
As Usual, Phishing Attacks<\/h2>\n