In the modern business world, cybersecurity has quickly become one of the key challenges facing IT companies, especially small firms that need to remain competitive in their markets to stay alive. Cyber-attacks such as data breaches, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and ransomware are increasing and the consequences can be significant for any organisation, from financial losses to damaged reputations. Despite large companies having increased their budget allocation to face cybersecurity threats, when it comes to SMEs, it is still very hard for them to implement efficient security measures which are usually perceived as too complex, time consuming and requiring a high level of technical knowledge.
Despite a lot of potential tools to help protecting SMEs, all cybersecurity defenses can still be breached if the personnel does not have a minimum understanding on cybersecurity best practices. It is important for you to be aware of main concepts of cybersecurity protection.
The “SME cybersecurity best practice assessment” is specifically designed to tackle this issue, helping companies' staff to increase awareness about basic security guidelines to be applied in their day-to-day routine.
By answering a set of questions through a simple and quick online self-assessment, SMEs can easily understand where they stand in terms of cybersecurity posture. The tool quickly helps SMEs to pinpoint security gaps and best practices that should be regularly followed through in terms of:
The “SMEs cybersecurity best practice assessment” is available free of charge at https://intg.taas.eglobalmark.com/certif/best-practices-smes.html and can be completed in less than 15 minutes.
Measure your cybersecurity awareness skill, pinpoint your security gaps, implement the best practices to avoid being a victim of a cyber-attack and get a certificate of completion issued by 4 European projects.
The assessment was developed as a joint effort by four H2020 initiatives namely CyberSec4Europe, Cyberwatching.eu, CYBERWISER.eu and SMESEC. All four initiatives are tackling cybersecurity and privacy from complementary perspectives, with the aim of providing European SMEs with key resources to boost their online security. Beyond the assessment each project provide a set of cybersecurity tools to increase SMEs online security: