New study by Aviva reveals that only 24% of businesses in the UK are taking steps to protect themselves from cyber attacks, despite over a third confirming that they have been victims of cyber-crimes, such as hacking. 44% believe they are unlikely to be a target of cyber crime, while 23% admitted not knowing how to protect themselves from a security breach. For more than a quarter of those victims of cybercrime the costs related to loss of money and the same figure for the fixing the problem. For those small companies that suffered a cyber crime, 75% said it cost up to £1,000 to resolve. The survey also found that just one in five people know what an anti-virus is and less than half can identify which websites should be considered safe for their personal information. Aviva's Angus Eaton warned "these criminals operate in ever more sophisticated ways using malicious codes to search out vulnerabilities online, so anyone could become a target", adding that customers increasingly swayed by the protection of their information may go elsewhere if companies do not take security seriously.
New study by Aviva reveals that only 24% of businesses in the UK are taking steps to protect themselves from cyber attacks, despite over a third confirming that they have been victims of cyber-crimes, such as hacking. 44% believe they are unlikely to be a target of cyber crime, while 23% admitted not knowing how to protect themselves from a security breach. For those small companies that suffered a cyber crime, 75% said it cost up to £1,000 to resolve. The survey also found that just one in five people know what an anti-virus is and less than half can identify which websites should be considered safe for their personal information. Aviva's Angus Eaton warned "these criminals operate in ever more sophisticated ways using malicious codes to search out vulnerabilities online, so anyone could become a target", adding that customers increasingly swayed by the protection of their information may go elsewhere if companies do not take security seriously.