Developing the talent pool to help businesses counter cyber crime

Cyber threats are everywhere and hardly a week goes by without news of the latest data breach. We hear horror stories about cyberattacks and data breaches involving large corporations and the destruction or theft of millions of records. Large companies have considerable IT resources at their disposal, but also make enticing targets due to the large amount of personal data (credit card details and passwords) that may be held by them.

Small to medium enterprises are also vulnerable, but the threats are different. They have limited resources to protect themselves and may not perceive themselves as prone to cyberattack. However, attacks on small businesses are rising. Additionally, SMEs are vulnerable to some of the same threats as large businesses: Carelessness, disgruntled employees, systems failure and even opportunistic attacks from the outside.