What would be the strategy to raise awareness among small businesses about investing in Cybersecurity?
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Having a strong investment of time and material from local authorities to help embarking SMB in this journey.
Providing key insight, providing shared time prfessional.
The major issue with CyberSec in SMBs are time, finance, and knowledge. They can't move forward without external help on these 3 key topics.
To raise cybersecurity awareness among small businesses, focus on simple education, real-world examples, and partnerships with local organizations. Use digital campaigns and highlight how cybersecurity protects business continuity and customer trust
Speaking directly to the immense risk it poses to all areas of the business would be a key starting point, effectively risking a complete shutdown, if not financial ruin, and using real life examples of how disruptive this could be. Also focusing on a step-wise approach to addressing financial risk, operational risk, reputational risk would help organize the breadth of sub-topics.
Having a strategy to understand the business impact of any cyber security incident, non compliance on security related compliance requirements. Based on this, I strongly recommend to perform a detailed risk assessment supported by an expert team and deliver a clear, business language based report to the management. Benchmark to similar companies, assessment of recent cyber incidents in the industry happened within 12 months could be helpful as well.