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Kaspersky launches dedicated ‘low budget’ security hub as 47% of SMBs struggle to fund cybersecurity
August 2021 by Marc Jacob
Kaspersky unveils a free platform with tips and tricks for small businesses to help them quickly improve their organisation’s security. Kaspersky Cybersecurity On a Budget provides a set of short but actionable recommendations relevant for any company, as well as specific, but still easy to follow tips for different verticals and business needs. This includes data and communication protection, secure use of various digital platforms, website security and much more.
Small businesses need to carefully balance their expenses to keep going as the pandemic continues, even after restrictions are lifted. According to a new Kaspersky report “How small businesses got through 2020-2021: Budget cuts, product launches, and new investment priorities”[1], in more than half (52%) of all businesses, financial difficulties seen during the past 12 months will likely become permanent, so business leaders will have to carefully choose what to spend money on.
Further research showed that this choice is often not in favor of cybersecurity. Almost half (47%) of small businesses struggle with funding for cybersecurity improvements even if they realise the importance of protection from cyberthreats. Kaspersky Cybersecurity On a Budget should encourage such companies to fill the gap or check their cybersecurity readiness while staying on budget.
In the main three sections of the platform, visitors can learn best practices around most general routines and processes in any business, such as how to safeguard client databases, reports and other important data; how to spend less on IT and how to organise a company’s internal and external communication.
In addition to the general recommendations, there are guidelines for specific business needs – for example, if a company operates in the healthcare sector or works with intellectual property or hires freelancers. All these aspects demand extra actions to protect data or meet the requirements of authorities. These ‘to-dos’ are given in an interactive format, where the user must answer a short question then get a tip, to help them quickly receive exactly the recommendation they need.
All of the advice is short but actionable, with instructions that can be implemented quickly and don’t require hard IT or cybersecurity skills. That means a business owner or any employee in the firm is able to use the hub.
[1] The research was commissioned by Kaspersky and conducted by Arlington Research across 3,150 senior decisionmakers within companies with less than 250 employees. Research was carried out in 22 countries across North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, APAC, LatAm, and Russia and CIS, in April-May 2021.
