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Cybercrime risk calculator: cost of antivirus vs cost of attack
How much money could your business stand to lose?
Most small business owners know that cyberattacks are a risk, but many underestimate the financial impact that a security breach could have on their business. With every penny spent impacting that essential bottom line, antivirus protection is sometimes seen as an unnecessary expense. But is it?
Use our tool to discover the potential cost of a cyberattack on your business and how this compares to the cost of antivirus.
Answer these questions to get a potential cost of attack tailored to your business: Calculating Your results The threat of cyberattack is real
A study by the Ponemon Institute found that the number of cyberattacks on small and medium businesses are increasing (67% in 2018 compared to 61% in 2017). The most common attacks are: phishing and other social engineering attacks, web-based attacks and general malware. There has also been a large increase in advanced malware and zero day attacks.
So, why – considering that almost all of those surveyed by Ponemon (95%) class anti-malware as an “essential and very important” security technology – is this the case?
The answer is that businesses aren’t protecting themselves. Despite the threats and knowing the importance of security solutions, just 40% of the study’s cohort had software in place to protect against cyberattacks. Most cited budget as one of the reasons for this, an understandable consideration ..
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