A supplier calls to question a change to your bank details. At almost the same time, someone in the office says they cannot access a shared folder, and another team member mentions that a mailbox has started sending unusual replies. Nothing has been confirmed. No one yet knows whether the issues are connected, whether this […]
Introduction – The SME Cybersecurity Dilemma When small businesses think about cybersecurity, they often picture the kind of protection they see in the headlines: multi-million-pound monitoring centres, racks of expensive hardware, and teams of specialists on call 24/7. For large corporations, those investments make sense. But for SMEs, that picture feels completely out of reach. […]
Why Knowing the Risk Isn’t Always Enough Cybersecurity awareness and cybersecurity training are often spoken about as though they are interchangeable. That is understandable. Both can cover phishing, passwords, authentication, information handling, social engineering and the everyday risks people encounter when using technology at work. The difference is not really the list of subjects being […]
A payment notification comes through while a small business owner is already dealing with three other things. A customer is waiting for a reply, a supplier invoice needs checking, and the booking system has started showing errors just before the busiest part of the week. Then an email appears from what looks like the payment […]
“Cybercriminals are no longer just targeting big corporations—small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are now in the crosshairs.” With cyber threats evolving rapidly, SMEs are facing a growing wave of attacks that can cripple their operations, steal sensitive data, and drain their finances. Once considered too small to be of interest to hackers, SMEs are now […]
