50% of Small businesses have an external cyber security provider, the remaining 49% rely on the Chief Executives or other managers. This puts pressure on these individuals to understand & manage a complex discipline that they're typically not trained in. It is common for IT responsibilities to be neglected as this is not their primary role, this puts your data & organisation at risk
Responsibility for cyber security - In small businesses, the most common job roles were Chief Executives (18%), general office managers (17%) or those with another (unspecified) senior management role (14%).