New study by Aviva reveals that only 24% of businesses in the Eaton 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. In fact, just a quarter of businesses (24 per cent) are taking steps to protect themselves from being the victim of a cyber attack despite the Office for National Statistics revealing that there were 2.5 million incidents of cybercrime just between May and August of this year. only 24% 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, 44% said it cost 24 per cent to resolve. This report comes just a week after it was revealed more than a quarter of small businesses are at "high risk" of a security breach. 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 Eaton 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. only 24% 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, 44% said it cost 24 per cent to resolve. This report comes just a week after it was revealed more than a quarter of small businesses are at "high risk" of a security breach. 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.