Too many UK small businesses still believe they’re “too small to hack.” It’s the most dangerous myth in business today.

With 96% of cyberattacks targeting SMEs and 60% of victims closing within six months, denial is a death sentence.

This article pulls apart the excuses business owners use, exposes the real-world costs of breaches, and explains why simple, affordable steps like Cyber Essentials, MFA, patching, and staff training are the difference between survival and closure.

Think you’re too small to be hacked? So did the last 60%.

Cybersecurity is not just an enterprise problem. With 96% of attacks targeting small businesses and 60% of victims closing within six months, UK SMEs face a survival crisis.

This article exposes the myths keeping businesses vulnerable, the real financial impact of attacks, and the role of supply chain risk. It explains why Cyber Essentials and board-level governance are no longer optional, but essential.

Written for directors and leaders, it lays out practical steps to protect your business before it’s too late.

Cybersecurity is not just an enterprise problem. With 96% of attacks targeting small businesses and 60% of victims closing within six months, UK SMEs face a survival crisis. This article exposes the myths keeping businesses vulnerable, the real financial impact of attacks, and the role of supply chain risk. It explains why Cyber Essentials and board-level governance are no longer optional, but essential. Written for directors and leaders, it lays out practical steps to protect your business before it’s too late.

Sixty per cent of small businesses don’t survive a cyberattack. That’s not a scare tactic, it’s a reality. UK SMBs are under siege, targeted in 96% of attacks because criminals know you’re under-protected and overconfident. This post rips apart the myth that cybersecurity is “only an enterprise problem” and shows how MSP malpractice, human error, and supply chain risk are leaving businesses exposed.

Most importantly, it lays out the simple, affordable steps like Cyber Essentials that block 95% of attacks. Because once the breach hits, it’s already too late.

M&S lost £300 million because decades of technical debt left them unable to respond to basic social engineering. Co-op faced identical DragonForce attacks but recovered quickly through operational agility. The difference? M&S accumulated digital debt like a hoarder accumulates rubbish, whilst Co-op invested in resilience.

Technical debt isn't just old software - it's every deferred security decision, every "temporary" workaround, every vendor relationship without oversight.

Podcast Episode 7 reveals how your past shortcuts are creating tomorrow's business extinction events. Because criminals don't attack your current systems - they attack your accumulated incompetence.

Picture this: It's midnight, crisis hits, you need email access urgently. Staring at the login screen, mind completely blank. Was it your dog's name plus random numbers? Your old football team with an exclamation mark? Welcome to digital archaeology - the art of excavating your own memory for password variations you can't quite remember. Tonight's podcast reveals why we've become amateur archaeologists in our own digital lives, managing 250+ passwords while 78% of us reuse them. The midnight password panic is about to get much worse before it gets better.