Is This You? 1 In 7 Small Businesses Have No Internet Security

Internet security is crucial, the author of this post stresses. It requires planning and partnering with the right people and using the right products. (The post includes links to the study and to educational resources at the AVG website.)

"There may be an ocean between the U.S. and the U.K., but some of their small businesses seem to share in the same foolishness. According to the AVG Small Business Landscape Report (PDF), one in seven small businesses polled in the U.S. and the U.K. have no Internet security software or system in place at all. Nothing, zip, nada!

Internet security can easily become one of those things that you meant to get around to, but every thing else was more important. Client on the line and you need to make the sale. Presentation in the morning and you need to get prepared. Staff meeting in 30 minutes, no time for lunch. You feel like you are handling it all as best you can, but something slips through the cracks."