Small business cybersecurity: The low-cost basics that stop most attacks
Verizon says small businesses face nearly four times as many breaches as large organizations, but most attacks can be blocked with free or low-cost basics.
- On Tuesday, Xero For Kassi Luja reported that small businesses record four times as many confirmed breaches as large organizations, according to the Verizon DBIR.
- Attackers target businesses with 20 or fewer staff because they maintain fewer defenses, while AI-generated spam emails doubled over two years, making campaigns cheaper for cyberattackers to run.
- Stolen passwords caused 33% of small-business breaches, yet only 27% of businesses with 25 or fewer employees use MFA, according to JumpCloud; the Guardz SMB Cybersecurity Report found 34% possess written incident plans.
- Hiscox found that while 56% of small businesses experienced at least one cyber attack between mid-2024 and mid-2025, only 25% reported the incident threatened their business viability.
- Small business owners can mitigate risks by implementing low-cost defenses: use a password manager, back up critical data regularly, and train teams to treat urgent messages as warning signs.
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