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Cybersecurity essentials for small businesses
The most common threats to small and mid-sized businesses, and how to protect yourself with concrete steps and professional support.
Plenty of small businesses assume they're not a target because they're small. It's the opposite: attackers look for weak defenses, and an office with no clear policies is easier to break into than a bank.
The threats we see most
- Phishing emails posing as banks, suppliers or even the boss.
- Reused passwords, or passwords shared over WhatsApp.
- Out-of-date computers and expired antivirus.
- Backups nobody has ever tried to restore.
Five measures that actually help
- Turn on two-step verification for company email, banking and social accounts.
- Use a password manager instead of a spreadsheet.
- Keep Windows, macOS and the router updated.
- Back up important data off-site and test restoring it.
- Teach your team to spot a suspicious email.
None of this needs a corporate budget. If you want to know where your business stands, we'll do a review and give you a prioritized list of what to fix first.
