A recent survey found that less than 40% of US small businesses are somewhat or very concerned about being the victim of a cyberattack in the next 12 months. When asked to rank the biggest risk they face, only 5% of the businesses polled chose cybersecurity.
Those weren’t the only results from the second quarter CNBC|SurveyMonkey Small Business Index that raise a red flag over the cybersecurity of U.S. small businesses. It’s not just that the survey respondents are less