SMEs are fighting fires rather than tackling cyber defences

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Nice is chief technologist at Node4
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Nice is chief technologist at Node4

Only looking to cyber security after a breach is setting yourself up for failure, warns Node4's Steve Nice

Cyber security is important for SMEs - but most of them take an ‘after the horse has bolted' approach. Why are small business owners so indifferent to cyber threats until it's too late? For an answer we...

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