The top SME security worries for 2025

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It finds 35 percent cite AI-related threats as their top concern, outranking malware (25 percent), scams and other fraud (25 percent), phishing (25 percent), and ransomware (23 percent).

Smaller businesses are just as vulnerable to cybersecurity issues as larger ones, more so in some cases as they have fewer resources to devote to protection.

New research from UK cloud services firm Six Degrees looks at the concerns of UK SMEs.

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Author / Journalist: Ian Barker

Category: Technology

Markets: United States

Topics: UK SME Cybersecurity Article

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Published On: 2025-01-14 @ 12:21:00 (21 hours ago)

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