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Business loan for protection against 'cyber-crime'
Reported on Tue, 18 Jul 2006
Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are more vulnerable to cyber-crime attacks, according to new research, but a business loan could help companies at risk to build their IT defences.
SMEs make easy prey for online criminals as they have low levels of IT security, according to research from Network Box.
The most common attacks used against SMEs include spyware and phising.
And 63 per cent of small firms have no protection against phising, 69 per cent do not monitor employee internet and 50 per cent have no protection against spyware.
Simon Heron, technical director at Network Box, said: "Techniques that have been used in the past to target big businesses have been revised to target those most vulnerable and therefore the most likely to respond."
This follows news from Lloyds TSB last moth that SMEs are not taking full advantage of the technology on offer to them.
Taking out a business loan could allow more SMEs to invest in IT development and provide comprehensive staff training to help prevent cyber-crime.
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