More than one-third of businesses victim of cybercrime

More than two in five businesses believe they are unlikely to be a target of cybercrime, according to research by Aviva. The insurer further said that 23% of businesses taking part in its SME Pulse survey did not know how to protect themselves, despite being worried about cybercrime. According to the research 24% were taking steps to protect themselves from cyberattacks, while the Office for National Statistics revealed that there were 2.5m incidents of cybercrime between May and August of 2015.