Small businesses must keep investing in IT security

Here's an extract from a new feature story published on the Microsoft Small Business website yesterday. You can read the story in full here.

To some extent, urging small business owners to invest in IT security solutions may be preaching to the converted – unsurprising given the huge amount of media attention given over to the subject over the last decade.

Unless they have been living under a rock all this time, company leaders should by now be fully aware of the importance of protecting their business IT solutions against web-based viruses and other malware.

There is a clear choice, either invest a small amount safeguarding critical systems against online attacks, or face potential disaster further along the line.

Where the most severe IT security incidents are concerned, the damage caused can easily be business ending – either in terms of hardware/software destruction or in terms of reputational damage.

And despite the repetitiveness of this message, it remains no less important than before, even in light of the higher education levels now surrounding IT security.

If anything, the warning needs reiterating in light of new and emerging online threats.