ThreatList: 1 in 9 SMBs Believe Nation-State Actors Are Targeting Them

guest · Dec 4, 2019

ThreatList: 1 in 9 SMBs Believe Nation-State Actors Are Targeting Them
Larger SMBs are more likely to feel targeted by APTs
December 4, 2019
https://threatpost.com/smbs-nation-state-actors-apts-targeting/150836/

A full 93 percent of all SMB executives in a recent survey from AppRiver believe that nation-state-backed attackers are attempting to use businesses like theirs to breach the country’s digital security. And, this already-high figure jumps to 97 percent among larger SMBs with 150–250 employees.

Overall, two-thirds (66 percent) of SMB execs (and three quarters or 76 percent of execs at larger SMBs) also believe that foreign attempts to breach national security or wage cyberwar will be more severe next year in the run up to the presidential election.

“It is possible that as a small business grows, it could become a more likely target for bad actors,” according to the report.
These fears go hand-in-hand with planned investment. The survey, released on Tuesday, found that 62 percent plan to increase their cybersecurity budgets in 2020 to shore up their defenses against these types of attacks. Just a fraction (8 percent) plan to reduce investment, while around a third (30 percent) plan to maintain their budget at the 2019 level.
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AppRiver: Q4 Cyberthreat Index for Business

Summary (PDF - 2.44 MB): https://www.appriver.com/files/documents/cyberthreatindex/appriverq4_2019_index_summary_final_11222019.pdf
Infographic (PDF - 1.37 MB): https://appriver.com/Files/Documents/CyberthreatIndex/q4cyberthreatindexinfographic_final.pdf

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