Part 1: Understanding the security impacts of digital transformation
If you’re a small or mid-sized business (SMB), digital technologies may be the foundation of your operations — enabling you to scale, build your team, market your products, or take customer service to a new level.
Whether it’s cloud solutions that empower distributed teams or advanced analytics that drive business insights, the digital economy is enabling SMBs to compete more effectively and move business forward.
In fact, 2020 data from SMB Group shows that by investing in digital transformation, SMBs are 1.9 times more likely to forecast revenue increases. A Deloitte study also indicated that digital tools have helped business performance for SMBs — 85% of SMBs surveyed believe the digital tools they are using have helped their business in some way.
While there’s no question of its benefits, digital transformation is also changing, often increasing, cybersecurity requirements for businesses. The reality is, as SMBs adopt cloud technologies, enable remote workforces, and more — security must also change and adapt. If security measures don’t match the digital pace, SMBs face cyber risks that can impact the success of digital initiatives.
In our new SMB Guide to Secure Digital Transformation, we look at how the cybersecurity landscape changes with digital technology adoption and why this makes your business vulnerable to cyber risk. We examine strategies, approaches, and best practices to better secure and continually ..
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