Conclusions and Recommendations:

These findings show that low VSB prioritization of IT strategy, and by extension IT security, isn’t being caused by low awareness of important IT security issues. So what does cause it? A reasonable conclusion is that a lack of budget remains the biggest barrier preventing VSBs from adopting more advanced IT and IT Security measures. Therefore, Kaspersky Lab advises VSBs to invest in the security measures that will provide the most immediate benefit for the threats they commonly face. According to VSB survey respondents who reported losing business data from a cyberattack, 32 percent reported “Malware” being the cause of their most serious incident, a rate that is double what was reported by enterprises (16 percent). Another significant source of data loss for VSBs was traced back to “Software Vulnerabilities,” reported by 9 percent of VSBs, a rate that is nearly the same as the 8 percent global average citing this factor. This means software vulnerabilities are a security issue that affects businesses nearly equally, regardless of size.

With these facts in mind, Kaspersky Lab recommends its Kaspersky Small Office Security as an investment VSBs should consider. It is built to include business-grade technologies in a form that doesn’t require IT expertise to operate, and includes the industry’s leading anti-malware engine, along with a software vulnerability scanner to identify any machines that could be exploited by cybercriminals. Kaspersky Small Office Security also includes both malware protection and anti-theft features for mobile devices, which VSBs are rapidly adopting, along with data encryption tools to ensure customer data is protected from theft or accidental deletion.

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