SMBs are under attack. How secure is your office?

Best practices for securing SOHO, small businesses and branch offices

Researchers recorded 6.06 billion malware attacks in 2023, the highest global malware attack volume since 20191 , according to the SonicWall Annual Cyber Threat Report.

Malware increased 11% year-over-year, with encrypted threats increasing 117% and cryptojacking increasing 659%.

While this makes good (or bad?) headlines, our members are interested in how to shore up potential weak spots in their security portfolio, especially given the fact that 43% of cyber attacks are aimed at small businesses4. Distributed enterprises are also susceptible to cyberattacks. These organisations typically have IT and security resources centralised in one location, such as headquarters, and fewer resources at others.

IT and security teams face challenges such as managing increased workload with limited resources, inconsistent visibility across different security layers, and shortage of existing cyber skills5.

Discover best practices, security tips and hidden gems that lower your total cost of ownerships from SonicWall, an industry leader in cybersecurity with more than 30 years of expertise, on how to protect your SOHO, branch offices and IoT devices.

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SonicWall 2024 Cyber Threat Report

Almost 18 months ago, SonicWall kicked off an outside-in approach across all of their business, with the focus on truly understanding the needs and pain points of our partners and customers and using that insight to drive the delivery of our products and services.

2023 was a significant year that started to show the results of that approach, and this report details some of the key findings.

>SonicWall 2024 Cyber Threat Report
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