TECH & AI12 August 2026· 9 min
Cybersecurity and SME Resilience Against 2026 Threats
SMEs face an escalating cyberwar: 43% of all attacks now target small businesses, yet 60% lack a formal incident response plan. Here's how to survive 2026's threat landscape.
SOURCES
[1]IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024 — ibm.com/reports/data-breach
[2]Cybersecurity Ventures — Ransomware Damage Report 2024–2031
[3]ENISA Threat Landscape 2024 — enisa.europa.eu
[4]ISC² Cybersecurity Workforce Study 2024 — isc2.org
[5]Coveware Ransomware Quarterly Report Q4 2024 — coveware.com
[6]Ponemon Institute — Cost of Vulnerability Response 2024
[7]U.S. National Cyber Security Alliance — SME Breach Impact Study
[8]Center for Internet Security — CIS Controls v8 — cisecurity.org
[9]Microsoft Security Intelligence Report 2024 — microsoft.com/security
[10]NIS2 Directive (EU) 2022/2555 — Official Journal of the European Union