{"id":875541,"date":"2026-10-14T07:11:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T05:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=875541"},"modified":"2026-10-14T07:11:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T05:11:02","slug":"one-huge-mistake-your-small-business-cannot-afford-to-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/875541\/one-huge-mistake-your-small-business-cannot-afford-to-make\/","title":{"rendered":"One huge mistake your small business cannot afford to make"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cybersecurity has become a major concern and source of investment for most large companies, but small businesses are often falsely confident that they are \u201ctoo small to be targeted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In reality, South African small businesses need effective cybersecurity as much as large-scale enterprises, and the Kaspersky Small Office Security Premium is the ideal way to protect your business without disrupting your core operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.za\/small-business-security\/small-office-security?utm_source=businesstech&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=en-za_ksos-premium_acq_ona_oth__onl_b2b_businesstech_sponsored_article____ksosprem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to learn more about Kaspersky Small Office Security Premium<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea that \u201cwe\u2019re too small to be targeted\u201d is the exact reason many malicious parties will actively choose to target smaller businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, a Kaspersky survey of South African SMBs found that 78% of these organisations had experienced at least one cyber incident in the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ramifications of these cyber incidents can be particularly devastating to an SMB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Picture this example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A small business receives an email that appears to be legitimate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone innocently clicks on a link in the email, and within seconds, organisational credentials are compromised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, the small business that thought it would never be targeted is thrown into chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Systems are down, customer information is exposed, and payments are disrupted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a large business, there are teams in place to handle the fallout and minimise organisational and reputational damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the small business is totally unprepared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why small businesses need to take their cybersecurity seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solution for SMBs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>SMBs cannot be expected to invest the finances and resources into the same type of cybersecurity infrastructure that a larger organisation uses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, they need to make the most of the resources they have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To do this, small businesses must follow this three-step process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Protect<\/strong> \u2013 Secure your devices and data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Educate<\/strong> \u2013 Teach your employees to identify social engineering attempts and other risks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Support<\/strong> \u2013 Have access to experts when something goes wrong.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no better solution that embraces all three solutions, than Kaspersky Small Office Security Premium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To handle the <strong>protect<\/strong> step, Kaspersky Small Office Security Premium offers a wealth of important security tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These include core endpoint and ransomware protection, phishing and web protection, mobile and server protection, VPN and password tools, and expert virus checking and removal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is the perfect combination of important security tools that ensure the most impact for the lowest investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But protection alone isn\u2019t enough. So to <strong>educate<\/strong> your employees, Kaspersky offers comprehensive security awareness training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This training is designed to teach your employees how to identify risks and avoid making errors that could compromise your organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, you need <strong>support<\/strong> to keep your business\u2019 security measures running optimally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Kaspersky Small Office Security Premium, you benefit from expert installation to get you up and running, and then priority support for when you need any assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaspersky is even offering a limited-time enhanced security-awareness package, which is available until 30 September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Secure your business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Cybersecurity isn\u2019t simply an IT expense. It is so much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The right cybersecurity solution keeps your business running optimally, protects you from reputational and financial damage, and helps your employees make safer decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s why Kaspersky Small Office Security Premium is the best choice for your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.za\/small-business-security\/small-office-security?utm_source=businesstech&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=en-za_ksos-premium_acq_ona_oth__onl_b2b_businesstech_sponsored_article____ksosprem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to learn more about Kaspersky Small Office Security Premium<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The idea that \u201cwe\u2019re too small to be targeted\u201d is the exact reason many malicious parties will actively choose to target smaller businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":875542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"posted","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"2110237173677003011","_sma_facebook_post_id":"191437357620492_2236553590498373","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[4274,1320,1446,26800],"class_list":["post-875541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-cyber-attack","tag-cyber-security","tag-kaspersky","tag-kaspersky-small-office-security-premium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875541"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":879681,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875541\/revisions\/879681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}