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Inside: Small Business Information Security Readiness Small businesses are growing more vulnerable to information security threats due to their accelerating adoption of increasingly complex IT infrastructures and IT-dependent processes. Small businesses are largely unaware and uneducated about information security risks and their economic repercussions, and have a complacent and passive attitude towards information security protection. Small businesses are shaping as a distinct market for information security and continue to call for security solutions and product information that is tailored to meet their unique needs. The low level of security readiness, compounded with the small business sector’s significant contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), represents an extremely high point of exposure for the U.S. economy.

Overview: In this first comprehensive study of the state of information security readiness in the U.S. small business market, the Small Business Technology Institute (SBTI) surveyed more than 1,000 small businesses with 1-100 employees. The study, sponsored by Symantec, finds conclusive evidence that information security is a high priority for small business owners, but also clearly shows that this market represents a critical point of security exposure and vulnerability for the National economy.

The results of this study reveal a lack of appreciation of the true economic impact of information security incidents, a lack of knowledge of the real threats, and a worrying lack of forward planning and matching investment required to maintain the security necessary to protect the increasingly complex and inter-connected technology infrastructures small businesses rely on.

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