According to surveys of senior managers conducted for CA by Quocirca, many SMBs do not have sufficient resources to implement best security practices.

Computer Associates International, Inc., a software company, recently announced that small and medium businesses (SMBs) remain highly vulnerable to a variety of cyber threats, resulting in unacceptable exposure to significant business risk.

According to surveys of senior managers conducted for CA by Quocirca, Ltd., an independent business analyst organization, many SMBs do not have sufficient resources to implement proven security best practices - such as periodic security reviews, proactive patch management and/or appropriate testing of data backup and recovery systems.

Quocirca surveyed 240 senior managers from companies in the U.S. with less than 1000 employees and 200 senior managers from companies in four European countries with less than 300 employees. According to the study, limited resources, IT complexity, inadequate security investments and ineffective data protection processes expose SMBs to significant business risk.

"These studies reveal that while SMBs continue to embrace technology, a disturbing number lack the resources necessary to protect their IT assets in a sufficiently organized manner," said Bob Tarzey, service director at Quocirca Ltd. "SMBs need to make sure they have a comprehensive security and backup strategy in place for their increasingly business-critical computing infrastructure."

CA released the Quocirca studies in conjunction with the general availability of five protection suites that fulfill the security, storage and data migration needs of SMBs. To access the Quocirca studies and a CA whitepaper entitled 'The Threats You Face: Why Total Protection Matters', visit the website.