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SMB Security Slack Continues

By Ericka Chickowski on 2009-07-27



A survey of more than 5,700 small businesses, including 1,400 in the United States, conducted by Panda Security showed the state of security within small organizations still leaves something to be desired.

By Ericka Chickowski

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Vulnerable Customer Segment

58% of all SMBs have recently been affected by cybercrime or Internet infections

Vulnerable Customer Segment

44% of U.S. SMBs have been hit by cybercriminals

Vulnerable Customer Segment

30% of organizations were so badly hurt by cybercrime that it affected productivity

Vulnerable Customer Segment

55% of SMBs still name viruses as the most dangerous threat to their IT systems

Vulnerable Customer Segment

29% of survey respondents have no antispam solution in place

Vulnerable Customer Segment

22% have no antivirus product installed16% have no firewall

Vulnerable Customer Segment

39% of organizations reported that they or their employees have not received training about IT threats

Vulnerable Customer Segment

Among U.S. SMBs with no security systems installed, 27% said they weren’t important and 20% said they were too expensive

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