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The soft underbelly of big business

This article from the Scotsman newspaper illustrates an inevitable and worrying trend: the targeting of smaller enterprises by professional criminals.

Most small and medium enterprises lack the security capability and secure posture that we expect to find in larger organisations. Yet many handle sensitive customer information. This situation is not surprising. But neither it is acceptable.

Small and medium enterprises are the soft underbelly of large companies and government bodies. We need to do a lot more to bring this sector up to speed. 

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