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    LONDON, December 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

    As cyber attacks increase, many businesses still don't have the right protection, know the rules around GDPR or realise the risk to their company, reveals a new poll 

    A new poll of SMEs and micro businesses shows over half are confused by or even unaware of the rules around GDPR, while more than eight out of ten don't see cyber attacks or data loss as a significant risk for their business.

    The poll comes on the back of a survey earlier this year from the National Cyber Security Programme that revealed nearly half of UK businesses experienced at least one cyber security breach or attack in 2017.

    The EU rules known as GDPR, which came into force in the UK in May, drastically increased potential penalties on companies found to have misused or mismanaged clients' personal data.  

    Yet the attitude of SMEs to cyber security is worrying, with one in five saying they have no plans to invest in it in the coming year, says Chris Mallett, Broking Manager for Aon who commissioned the recent poll.

    According to Dr Emma Philpott from the UK Cyber Security Forum, GDPR has caused companies to focus on this issue but the concern is, she says, this was for too many a short-lived effect.

    Dr Philpott is also CEO of the IASME Consortium, an accreditation body for assessing and certifying against the Government's Cyber Essentials Scheme. "As soon as the deadline for GDPR passed too many thought that was job done and that's where their responsibility ended," she says.  

    "The big data breaches in the Press help to raise awareness but they can also cause data breach fatigue; a sense that the time, cost and high-end security to tackle this is complicated and overwhelming," says Dr Philpott. "There is a lot of misunderstanding of risks, and still a worry among SMEs that it must be complicated. It is not always about high end security. It's about having the basics in place to protect you from indiscriminate attacks. Educating staff takes time but doesn't cost anything at all."

    Chris Mallett says there are particular vulnerabilities with the growth of flexible working with staff accessing data on-the-go. But the Bring Your Own Device culture, which sees business leaders and their teams using their personal computers, smart phones or tablets for work purposes, can expose companies to the increased risk of a cyber security breach if data is not properly encrypted and controlled, says Mallett.  

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    Aon Poll Shows Eight in Ten SMEs Blind to Risk of a Cyber Attack and Data Loss LONDON, December 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - As cyber attacks increase, many businesses still don't have the right protection, know the rules around GDPR or realise the risk to their company, reveals a new poll  A new poll of SMEs and micro businesses …