“Small business owners, in particular, should not feel that they are immune to attacks due to their small size because cyberattacks can happen to businesses of all sizes,” says Parth Shukla, group manager of Intuit, Inc.’s QuickBooks Insurance. (Credit: maxsattana/stock.adobe.com)While a cyberattack might not be top of mind for owners of the local pizza shop, florist or auto mechanic, they should be as cybercriminals have embraced a shotgun approach to choosing victims.
“They (cybercriminals) are buying big dumps of user IDs, emails and passwords,” explains Bob Wice, head of underwriting management, cyber & tech at Beazley. From there, digital crooks simply blast out massive campaigns in hopes of contacting a rube.
“If the wrong attachment is clicked on, that gives them access to the system,” Wice tells PropretyCasualty360.com. “A lot of it comes down to security awareness and the human element. You can have the resources to build deep security, but the weakest link — the human element — will always be present.”
Despite this, many small business owners feel the scale of their operation is enough to keep them off the radar of cybercriminals. Quite…
