Cybersecurity for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
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Cybersecurity is all the devices and software applications that protect computers, networks, software,
critical systems, and data from possible digital threats. The organizations have a responsibility to secure
data to maintain customer trust and ensure regulatory compliance. They use cybersecurity measures and
tools to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access, as well as prevent disruption to business operations
due to unwanted network activity, and implement cybersecurity by streamlining digital defense across
employees, processes, and technologies. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) which make up a large
portion of organizations, contribute greatly to the economies of many countries. However, SMBs tend to
not care enough about cyber security or do not have the resources to implement it. Additionally,
cybersecurity research rarely focuses on SMBs. SMBs have extensively switched to remote/hybrid working
due to the global pandemic COVID-19 and this transition to remote/hybrid working methods had to adopt
new digital strategies and technologies very quickly. This situation has led to the emergence of more cyber
risks and cyber-attacks. This study highlights that it is crucial to strengthen SMBs and future preparedness
against cybersecurity threats. Specifically, in this study, cyber security problems and deficiencies in SMBs
are identified and suggestions are offered to eliminate them. Also, the work has shown the importance of
why the countries should give importance to SMB cybersecurity as well as the defense industry and future
studies should focus more on SMB cybersecurity applications.
