COVID-19 forced small businesses globally to move their presence online to survive. Cyber-criminals have swiftly taken advantage of the chaos wrought by this move. Due to factors ranging from small businesses' inexperience with technology to a global cyber-security skill shortage, policy-based solutions by governments are needed to help ensure that this vital sector in global economies does not fall victim to cyber-criminals. We propose and discuss three measures that governments can take to build up small business cyber-security resilience. CCS Concepts: • Security and privacy → Privacy protections; Economics of security and privacy; Social aspects of security and privacy;
creation [30]. With employment fast becoming a key aspect of post-COVID recovery, the protection of small businesses is paramount. This will, in addition, protect the privacy and identity of the small business' customers, preventing serious personal, financial and emotional impacts [3].Finally, very few small businesses have qualified IT support in-house [7]. (This trend is echoed with only a small portion of small businesses conducting security tasks in-house [18], or have an in-house qualified IT security expert [17].) With only a small proportion of small business engaged in a technical business venture [35], [6], the majority will need extra assistance with cybersecurity. Security Controls Answers and Actions Up to Date Results IT System & Security Changes (ongoing) With Refernces to Controls ASD Essential Eight CIS Control Group 1 Manages/
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