Small businesses use networks and the Internet as important business tools than ever before. Connectivity is a pre-requisite for accomplishing business success, being more connected also means being more assailable to external threats. There are legions of technological measures small businesses can take up to better secure their IT environments and infrastructure David Wasik and Ron Teixeira have an exhaustive article on things that small business owners can implement as best-practices in their environments at: http://www.startupnation.com/articles/9012/1/techology-cyber-crime.htm

Cyber security is good for business Not only are you, as a small business owner, obligated to inform your customers if their personal information has been compromised, but you can also earn their respect as a trusted business partner by promoting the security practices that you have implemented to protect their data.