All SMBs

Plan to increase cybersecurity budget in 2020 from 2019

Plan to decrease budget in 2020

Plan to keep 2020 cybersecurity budget at 2019 level

62%8%

30%

9 in 10 Small-to-Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) believe foreign nation states are planning a ‘cyber invasion’ to breach our national security, and are using small businesses and organizations such as theirs as entry points.

To protect against foreign and domestic hackers, 62% of SMBs plan to increase cybersecurity budget in 2020.

66%believe this will be an even more severe concern in 2020.

Believe foreign adversaries are trying to breach our nation’s security digitally or wage an invasion fought in cyberspace

Concerned they are using SMBs such as their own as entry points

Believe they are doing both, and will be an even more severe threat in 2020

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SMBs with 150–250 employees

Plan to increase cybersecurity budget in 2020 from 2019

Plan to decrease budget in 2020

Plan to keep 2020 cybersecurity budget at 2019 level81%

9%

10%

Plan to invest more to make the following cybersecurity improvements in 2020.

All SMBs

SMBs with 150–250 employees

Add more cybersecurity technology:

Create be�er security awareness training for employees:

Conduct more regular reviews of security defenses:

Add more in-house security talents:

Outsource more security tasks, or partner with a managed service provider:

Not planning to make cybersecurity improvements in 2020:

58% 71%

57% 68%

50% 66%

35% 50%

30% 32%

10% 3%

Scored on a 100-point scale, SMBs in America currently perceive a very high level of cyberthreats and vulnerability.

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60.1 Q4

58.1 Q2

Zix | AppRiver Cyberthreat Index for Business, Q4 2019, based on national survey of 1,049 small-to-medium-sized business leaders and IT decision makers. See here for more on the latest Cyberthreat Index for Business Report and Cyberthreat Holiday Shopping Report.

SMBs Fear Foreign Cyberthreats,Plan Cybersecurity Upgrades in 2020