Small business owners could be putting their businesses at risk by relying on younger family members or employees to manage their cybersecurity.
Key points:
- The survey found Gen Xers and older Millennials took cyber security the most seriously
- Only one in five small business owners and employees were confident in their ability to prepare for a cyber threat
- Gen Z is among the least cyber safe, despite being social media savvy
A new survey has found two-thirds of Australia’s small business owners believe tech-savviness equates to cyber-safety skills.
But our first generation of digital natives, Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2010), are among the least cyber safe in the country.
The survey found members of Gen Z were most likely to rate cyber security as a low or medium threat to small businesses they owned or were employed in.
They also struggled more than other groups to identify and prevent some of the most common cyber attacks faced by small businesses, such as identity theft, malware attacks, and ransomware.
According to the survey, the safest pair of hands in the small business community appear to be those Gen Xers and upper Millennials in their 30s, who are the most likely…
