36% of Vietnamese enterprises are indifferent to information incidents

Currently, many Vietnamese enterprises have not yet fully envisioned the risks of information they encounter and when they encounter problems, it will take how long to recover the system. However, Symantec has released a new free tool that helps small and medium enterprises in Vietnam to assess this.

According to a survey of disaster preparedness in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of Symantec Asia Pacific and Japan, the average costs incurred when the system is suspended is $ 10,000 . In the past 12 months, an average SME in the region has experienced 3 system crashes or business interruptions. The main reason is due to virus attacks or hackers (61%), power outages (60%), and natural disasters such as floods (57%). But 36% of businesses surveyed have no plans to respond to such business disruptions.

The main obstacle to SME security in the Asia Pacific region and Japan is mainly tight budgets (41%) and lack of skilled staff (40%). According to Ms Suzie Tan, General Director, Symantec Vietnam and Indochina, protecting business information is a vital condition for SMEs to maintain their work efficiency and competitiveness.

So, to help businesses better understand the potential threats to their business, handle them before the incident is too late, Symantec has released Symantec Business Threat Simulator (emulator). threats in business).

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Summary of information threats in the emulated business environment.

This tool uses a method to simulate threat attacks in a business environment, to assess the risks of security vulnerabilities, to determine the implications related to business operations. After that, they will give advice to businesses to enhance their information protection.

As a result, businesses can make informed decisions about protecting information and have a reasonable strategy to effectively protect their business activities from external and internal threats as well as risks. data loss.

Currently, Symantec's Business Threat Simulator tool is provided for free in Asia-Pacific and Japan countries. Businesses can download Symantec Business Threat Simulator here.