{"id":519,"date":"2021-03-10T13:40:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T13:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/?p=519"},"modified":"2021-03-10T13:40:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T13:40:35","slug":"vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodafone Calls for New Cybersecurity Policies to Help SMEs"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n

Telecommunications giant\u00a0Vodafone<\/a>\u00a0is calling for the introduction of new cybersecurity policies to help small businesses in the UK recover from the impact of the global health pandemic.<\/p>\n

In a\u00a0statement<\/a>\u00a0released today, the company asked Boris Johnson’s government to protect small and medium-sized businesses by providing more support to the National Cyber Security Centre and making cybersecurity protections more accessible.<\/p>\n

Vodafone proposed that the value-added tax (VAT) on cybersecurity products should be reduced to 5% to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can purchase adequate cyber-defense.<\/p>\n

The company’s plea for a policy change coincides with the release today of a new\u00a0report<\/a>,\u00a0“Protecting our SMEs: Cybersecurity in the new world of work,”\u00a0that shows almost a quarter of SMEs in\u00a0the UK, the equivalent of 1.3 million businesses, say a cyber-attack could cause them to cease operating.<\/p>\n

A further 16% of SMEs, a figure that equates to nearly a million companies, said a cyber-attack could result in a reduction in the number of employees.<\/p>\n

“Access to cybersecurity products could be the assistance that is required to take SMEs to the level they need to mitigate such attacks,” Jake Moore, cybersecurity specialist at ESET<\/a>, told Infosecurity <\/em>Magazine.<\/p>\n

“However, a lack of awareness and education amongst employees arguably remains the biggest cybersecurity hurdle for SMEs.”<\/p>\n

SMEs employ three-fifths of the UK’s workforce and, according to the\u00a0Federation of Small Businesses<\/a>, account for 99.9% of the UK’s six million private-sector businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cSmall businesses are particularly vulnerable to cyber-attacks, as they don\u2019t have the same IT staff in place as large companies, or the large budgets required to shield them from the ever-increasing number of attacks,” Timur Kovalev, chief technology officer at California\u00a0cybersecurity company Untangle<\/a>, told Infosecurity <\/em>Magazine.<\/p>\n

“For example, in Untangle\u2019s 2020 survey of our IT administrators, 38% of SMBs have $1,000 or less allocated to their IT security budget.”<\/p>\n

Kovalev added that encouraging small businesses to act, and to step up their cybersecurity technology, was a good thing.<\/p>\n

He said,\u00a0“Not all small businesses are aware of the risks, and those that do know the risks don\u2019t always have enough budget to invest in enough protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source: InfoSecurity<\/p>\n

Read the Full Story Here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Telecommunications giant\u00a0Vodafone\u00a0is calling for the introduction of new cybersecurity policies to help small businesses in the UK recover from the impact of the global health pandemic. In a\u00a0statement\u00a0released today, the company asked Boris Johnson’s government to protect small and medium-sized businesses by providing more support to the National Cyber Security Centre and making cybersecurity protections […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nVodafone Calls for New Cybersecurity Policies to Help SMEs - Community<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vodafone Calls for New Cybersecurity Policies to Help SMEs - Community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Telecommunications giant\u00a0Vodafone\u00a0is calling for the introduction of new cybersecurity policies to help small businesses in the UK recover from the impact of the global health pandemic. In a\u00a0statement\u00a0released today, the company asked Boris Johnson’s government to protect small and medium-sized businesses by providing more support to the National Cyber Security Centre and making cybersecurity protections […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TSFactoryLLC\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-10T13:40:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/pexels-cottonbro-5473957-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsie Wyatt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TSFactoryLLC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TSFactoryLLC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsie Wyatt\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/\",\"name\":\"Vodafone Calls for New Cybersecurity Policies to Help SMEs - Community\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/pexels-cottonbro-5473957-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-10T13:40:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/#\/schema\/person\/9d9908f0e12559297335ebe9b601c82f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/pexels-cottonbro-5473957-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/pexels-cottonbro-5473957-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":1707,\"height\":2560},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Vodafone Calls for New Cybersecurity Policies to Help SMEs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/\",\"name\":\"Community\",\"description\":\"TSFactory\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/#\/schema\/person\/9d9908f0e12559297335ebe9b601c82f\",\"name\":\"Chelsie Wyatt\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09ff3801fb7566acf715fe4e81a9bd942b923c236138a3ed8a8375f099e5d6d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09ff3801fb7566acf715fe4e81a9bd942b923c236138a3ed8a8375f099e5d6d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Chelsie Wyatt\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/author\/chelsie\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Vodafone Calls for New Cybersecurity Policies to Help SMEs - Community","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Vodafone Calls for New Cybersecurity Policies to Help SMEs - Community","og_description":"Telecommunications giant\u00a0Vodafone\u00a0is calling for the introduction of new cybersecurity policies to help small businesses in the UK recover from the impact of the global health pandemic. In a\u00a0statement\u00a0released today, the company asked Boris Johnson’s government to protect small and medium-sized businesses by providing more support to the National Cyber Security Centre and making cybersecurity protections […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/","og_site_name":"Community","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TSFactoryLLC\/","article_published_time":"2021-03-10T13:40:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1707,"height":2560,"url":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/pexels-cottonbro-5473957-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Chelsie Wyatt","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@TSFactoryLLC","twitter_site":"@TSFactoryLLC","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Chelsie Wyatt","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/","url":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/","name":"Vodafone Calls for New Cybersecurity Policies to Help SMEs - Community","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/pexels-cottonbro-5473957-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2021-03-10T13:40:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/#\/schema\/person\/9d9908f0e12559297335ebe9b601c82f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/pexels-cottonbro-5473957-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/pexels-cottonbro-5473957-scaled.jpg","width":1707,"height":2560},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/vodafone-calls-for-new-cybersecurity-policies-to-help-smes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Vodafone Calls for New Cybersecurity Policies to Help SMEs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/","name":"Community","description":"TSFactory","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/#\/schema\/person\/9d9908f0e12559297335ebe9b601c82f","name":"Chelsie Wyatt","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09ff3801fb7566acf715fe4e81a9bd942b923c236138a3ed8a8375f099e5d6d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09ff3801fb7566acf715fe4e81a9bd942b923c236138a3ed8a8375f099e5d6d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Chelsie Wyatt"},"url":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/author\/chelsie\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":520,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions\/520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}