Villarosa says they’re just waiting for something to happen before they buy something, but warns his clients they may not be hit by a full-out assault. “Instead their networks could be hit by a gradual release of some funky worms or viruses that take a while to paralyze the system and might go undetected,” he says.
Technologies in the front seat
However, Joseph Villarosa, a strategic consultant for the small business market, notes that while enterprises typically have strong security in place, many small companies don’t even have a firewall.