08/31/2026
A common assumption: smaller businesses are less of a target because there's less to steal.
Attackers don't work that way. Most attacks are automated, scanning for weak points, not handpicking victims by company size. A 10-person accounting firm and a 100-person manufacturer look identical to a phishing bot or a ransomware script. Both get scanned. Both get hit if the door is unlocked.
What actually differs by size isn't the risk, it's the resources available to respond. A 100-person company usually has an IT department that can contain an incident in hours. A 10-person company often doesn't, which means the same attack does more damage and takes longer to recover from.
Smaller businesses need the same layers of protection, not less. MFA, endpoint detection, employee training, and monitoring aren't enterprise luxuries. They're baseline requirements regardless of headcount.