Why World Conflict Still Raises Cyber Risk for Small Businesses — Even When You’re Not the Target
Many small-business owners hear about cyber conflict, state-backed attacks, and geopolitical tensions and assume the same thing: That sounds serious, but it probably has nothing to do with my business. In one sense, that is true. Most small businesses are not the primary target of nation-state cyber campaigns. Verizon’s latest small-business breach data even notes that nation-state actors rarely target SMBs directly. But that does not mean world conflict has no effect on small-business cyber risk. It does. Just not always in the way people imagine. Small businesses are usually not the bullseye. But they can still be in the blast radius. When geopolitical tensions rise, cyber activity often rises with them. Government agencies and critical infrastructure may be the most visible concern, but the effects can spread much wider through the digital environment that businesses rely on every day. Small businesses ca...