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Fraud, Fraud, Fraud! What's The Cost To Your Business?

Pritesh Ganatra

CREATED BY PRITESH GANATRA

Published: 17/06/2025 @ 09:01AM
#SMEs #UKbusinesses #smallbusinesses #mediumsizedenterprises #privatesector

Did you know that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for 99.9% of the businesses in the UK? At the start of 2023, there were estimated to be 5.6 million private-sector businesses ...

What do hackers, fraudsters and scammers hope to gain then? The main thing is simply 'theft of money'!

What do hackers, fraudsters and scammers hope to gain then? The main thing is simply 'theft of money'!

Over 1.4 million (26%) businesses had employees, and 4.1 million (74%) did not employ anyone aside from the owners. Cybercrime costs them a huge amount, according to one recent report.

Search for information on the growth of cyberattacks
and you'll get a massive shock!

There will be many results that say cyberattacks are a significant threat to businesses in the United Kingdom, regardless of industry and size. It's terrifying that of all the cyberattacks in the UK so far in 2024, over 50% of the reports were from SMEs.

The average cyberattack cost to a UK business was £10,830, and so far in 2024, 84% of these attacks came from email and SMS phishing attempts. Ransomware attacks are rising significantly.

So, do you now see how important robust cybersecurity is? With an estimated average loss of just over £10K, would your business survive and be sustainable after that type of loss? Email phishing is still the number one way scammers try to defraud you. There are an estimated 200 million scam emails sent to UK-based email addresses each and every day - and even as a conservative estimate, 50% of them target businesses. That is a whopping great number.

What do hackers, fraudsters and scammers hope to gain then? The main thing is simply 'theft of money', either directly from you or by selling the data they take from you. Imagine your customer database being sold on the dark web, with all their credit/debit card details included? The damage to your reputation would be devastating to your business.

In short, get professional help and make sure you have robust systems in place for where and how you store your data!

Implement the best external email security filter subscription possible and, most of all, get an external company to perform penetration tests on your systems. A reputable IT company should be employed to implement staff training courses to increase their awareness of the potential losses a company can face.

Spending a few thousand pounds may seem a lot, but what is the cost of not having great IT systems in place with the right level of protection?

Until next time ...

PRITESH GANATRA

Your technology problem solver

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About Pritesh Ganatra ...

Pritesh Ganatra 

The word 'Technology' has too many connotations in today's world! Where do we start? Simple terms like 'IT' and 'Telecoms'? or terms that appear NOT to have an actual meaning at all!, e.g. 'Internet of Things (IoT). Technology also encompasses specialist products and services like 'Rugged' and 'Tough' android devices, Lone Worker Software, panic alarm devices, smart energy devices, low energy lighting, credit card terminal (PCI DSS) security, indoor/ outdoor Wi-Fi systems, Ultrafast Gigabit internet connectivity, access control systems, industrial IoT circuit controllers.

BTS UK can consult from simple solutions to the most complex, provide some of the products through a wholesale channel, bring together a multi-disciplined 'Task Force' to deliver and implement complete Technology 'projects'.

I am your technology problem solver and I look forward to helping you.

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