Why Growth Can Make Small Businesses More Vulnerable to Cyberattacks
The hidden cyber cost of hiring, expansion, new vendors, and faster operations Growth feels like good news because it usually is. More customers. More staff. More vendors. More locations. More software. More transactions. More momentum. But in cybersecurity, growth has a second meaning. It means more accounts to protect, more approvals to verify, more tools to manage, more outside relationships to trust, and more ways for ordinary business activity to become an opening for fraud or compromise. That is why this topic matters so much right now. Verizon’s 2025 State of Small Business Survey found that 52% of SMBs say business growth likely increases the threat of cyberattacks on their business . In the same survey, 47% said they invested in technologies to improve cybersecurity in the last year , yet a quarter of SMBs do not believe their business is investing enough . Verizon 2025 State of Small Business Survey That is a revealing combination. Small businesses know growth incre...