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See No Risk, Hear No Warning, Speak No Breach: The Cybersecurity Trap for Small Businesses

Jane Frankland

Small businesses make up 90% of the global business population. Yet in todays AI-driven, connected digital world, many of them are facing a threat theyre reluctant to see, hear, or acknowledge. Because while small businesses are busy focusing on growth, connection, and communityhackers are focusing on them.

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Key Cybersecurity Trends for 2025. My Predictions

Jane Frankland

In this blog, I’m exploring these changes, grouped under key categories that I’ve used in previous years, to help business leaders and cyber risk owners better prepare for the evolving landscape. Cyber threats often exploit human errors, whether through phishing attacks, weak passwords, or lapses in protocol.

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New York SHIELD Act: Everything You Need to Know for Compliance

Centraleyes

This change accounts for modern cyber threats such as phishing, malware, or insider threats. It applies to any organization that owns or licenses the private information of New York residents, regardless of whether the business is physically located in the state. Myth : Compliance ensures perfect security.

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Trade Wars: How U.S. Tariffs Are Reshaping Cyber Risk and Resilience

SecureWorld News

While tariffs are often implemented as economic or political tools, their unintended impact on cybersecurity efforts, especially cross-border vulnerability research, crime investigations, and public sector and small business security, must be closely examined." These tariffs will create real cyber risks.

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Key Strategies for Tackling External Attack Surface Visibility

NetSpi Executives

Add IoT devices, bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies, and manual processes vulnerable to human error, and many organizations struggle to achieve the full visibility needed to defend against evolving cyber threats.

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GUEST ESSAY: Why internal IT teams are ill-equipped to adequately address cyber risks

The Last Watchdog

Every industry is dealing with a myriad of cyber threats in 2024. It seems every day we hear of another breach, another scam, another attack on anything from a small business to a critical aspect of our nation’s infrastructure. Open are slim to none.

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News alert: Beazley reports on how AI, new tech distract businesses as cyber risk intensifies

The Last Watchdog

The economic impact of cybercrime on business across the globe continues to reach new levels, with the cost predicted to reach US$10.5 Yet, boardroom focus on cyber risk appears to be diminishing. In 2024, it is predicted to remain at 27% whilst business preparedness for this risk continues to decline.