Posts tagged: #sme

A sourced breakdown of what ransomware, data breaches, downtime and BEC actually cost SMEs — and how to estimate your own exposure.

Forget the percent-of-IT-budget rule of thumb. A practical way to size an SME security budget against actual risk, and which controls give you the most reduction per dollar.

What cyber insurance actually covers, what it costs, the exclusions that bite at claim time, and how to decide whether your SME needs it or should self-insure.

Business interruption is often the largest line in a cyber incident and the one companies estimate worst. How to actually cost an hour of downtime for an SME, and why your RTO is probably fiction.

Forensics, legal, notification, regulatory exposure: what a data breach actually costs a small business, and why the famous cost-per-record number misleads almost everyone.

BEC is the highest-frequency cyber loss most small businesses will actually face. How the fraud runs, why MFA alone won't stop it, and how little of the money you get back.

The ransom is rarely the biggest line on the invoice. A practitioner's breakdown of recovery, downtime and the pay-or-don't-pay decision for small and mid-sized businesses.