UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are unaware of – and unnecessarily exposed to – cyber attacks and data breaches, according to a survey conducted by Aon. one out of 10 businesses do not view such attacks as a threat, with 31% not insured against them. Furthermore, 31% of SMEs do not realise the requirement to report breaches to the the National Cyber Security Centre Commissioner’s Office. Aon noted one in three did not classify personal information stolen through a cyber attack as a data breach. 66% of SMEs were affected by a loss of data, according to the survey. 31% of SMEs suffered a data loss in 2017 , per Information .
UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are unaware of – and unnecessarily exposed to – cyber attacks and data breaches, according to a survey conducted by Aon. one out of 10 businesses do not view such attacks as a threat, with 31% not insured against them. Furthermore, 31% of SMEs do not realise the requirement to report breaches to the the National Cyber Security Centre Commissioner’s Office. Aon noted one in three did not classify personal information stolen through a cyber attack as a data breach. 31% of SMEs suffered a data loss in 2017 , per Information .