Small businesses convinced they won't be cyber attack targets have 'heads in the sand'

Danny Palmer
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Britain's small businesses woefully under prepared to protect themselves against hackers, claims Kaspersky Labs

Britain's small businesses are "woefully under-prepared" to combat cyber attacks, despite an increasingly reliance on the mobile devices that often offer an easy entry point into organisations for ...

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