Introducing Who’s In Your Cloud – a new Vlog series that focuses the TechOnPurpose (“TOP”) 21 recommended best security practices – the #TOPcyber21!
The #TOPcyber21 utilizes 21 vital tools and best security practices, purpose-built to help select clients globally establish end-to-end cybersecurity from the office to the cloud and beyond.
“Constant threats from malicious actors intent on stealing our intellectual property, finances and livelihoods could not be more present, ubiquitous and real,” states Matt Tankersley, Founder & CEO. “While certain industries are targeted more than others, no one is exempt and size does not matter. Like never before, the failure to plan is an inevitable plan to fail.”
Consider (carefully) these alarming Small Business Cyber Security Statistics (2021) by Fundera.com:
- 43% of cyber attacks target small businesses.
- 60% of small businesses that are victims of a cyber attack go out of business within six months.
- Cybercrime costs small and medium businesses more than $2.2 million a year.
- There was a 424% increase in new small business cyber breaches last year.
- Healthcare is the industry that’s most at-risk for cyber attacks.
- 66% of small businesses are concerned or extremely concerned about cyber security risk.
- 14% of small businesses rate their ability to mitigate cyber risks and attacks as highly effective.
- 47% of small businesses they have no understanding of how to protect themselves against cyber attacks.
- 66% of small businesses are most concerned about compromising customer data.
- 3 out of 4 small businesses say they don’t have the personnel to address IT security.
- 22% of small businesses encrypt their databases.
- Human error and system failure account for 52% of data security breaches.
- 63% of confirmed data breaches leverage a weak, default, or stolen password.
- Cyber attacks caused by compromised employee passwords cost $383,365 on average.
- 1 in 323 emails sent to small businesses are malicious.
- The median small business received 94% of its detected malware by email.
- 54% of small businesses think they’re too small for a cyber attack.
- 25% of small businesses didn’t realize cyber attacks would cost them money.
- 83% of small businesses haven’t put cash aside for dealing with a cyber attack.
- 54% of small businesses don’t have a plan in place for reacting to cyber attacks.
- 65% of small businesses have failed to act following a cyber security incident.
- 50% of small and mid-sized businesses reported suffering at least one cyber attack in the last year.
- Small businesses spend an average of $955,429 to restore normal business in the wake of successful attacks.
- Just figuring out how a cyber attack happened could cost $15,000.
- 40% of small businesses experienced eight or more hours of downtime due to a cyber breach.
- This downtime accounts for an average of $1.56 million in losses.
- Cyber attacks are projected to cause $6 trillion in damages by 2021.
- Industry experts say a small business’s cyber security budget should be at least 3% of a company’s total spending.
- 91% of small businesses don’t have cyber liability insurance.
- This biggest cyber attack to date happened to Yahoo! In August 2013 when 3 billion accounts were hacked.
How TOP is Helping Small Businesses with Cybersecurity
“We care deeply for our customers, their business and success,” states Lauren Lev, Marketing Manager. “We’ve spent months developing our suite of services to protect our growing client family from these cyber atrocities. With the launch of our “Who’s in Your Cloud” campaign we’re extending the opportunity for current and new customers to also receive a FREE cybersecurity survey in the month of October.”
With this clear mission in mind, the #TOPcyber21 best security practice matrix includes all that’s needed to confidently identify, protect, detect, respond and recover to emerging cybersecurity risks for organizations of any type or size.
Sound familiar? It should.
TOP has very intentionally built a service portfolio that meets or exceeds this proven cybersecurity framework developed by NIST (“National Institute of Standards and Technology”).
Organizations seeking to strengthen their cybersecurity, compliance and risk management posture can simply sign-up for a free cybersecurity survey to assess where risk is obvious or possible. Results are fast and the #TOPcyber21 matrix will help to chart a clear course of prioritized actions, products or services to secure gaps.
The #TOPcyber21 provides three unique solution sets for each of the (21) best security practices, offering your team a comprehensive total of (63) different security solutions, starting with Security Awareness Training.
Security awareness training is the tip of the #TOPcyber21 matrix – an operational imperative for teams of any size, especially considering that “user error” is the cause of 95% of cybersecurity compromises.
The TechOnPurpose 21 Recommended Best Security Practices for Businesses and Non Profits
“As we finalize plans to get underway in early October, viewers can anticipate a fiery lineup of sass and savvy from our industry experts who’ll be joining us for each segment,” states Lauren Lev. “I encourage business owners, IT professionals and cyber enthusiasts to subscribe and follow along as we endeavor to unwrap the complexity of cybersecurity in today’s online marketplace.”
No matter the industry or size of your organization, TOP’s cybersecurity portfolio has all that’s needed to confidently tackle the unavoidable reality of today’s cyber threats.
Are you ready to discover why so many small businesses trust TechOnPurpose with their security needs?
We encourage you to take our free cybersecurity survey online today to discover what potential vulnerabilities your business should be aware of. Want to talk to a rep instead? Contact us anytime to chat about your IT and security needs.
And, be sure to subscribe to our blog to catch all the episodes of “Who’s In Your Cloud?” from TechOnPurpose and our expert partners.
