// INDUSTRY INSIGHT //
1. Phishing and social engineering
Human error is the biggest risk factor for any business, with phishing and social engineering the cause of most human-driven breaches. Employees at small businesses experience more than three times as many social engineering attempts as those at larger companies. Attackers exploit trust, urgency and familiarity, knowing that busy teams without regular security training are more likely to click, download or respond – meaning that often, a single untrained employee is all it takes to compromise credentials and cause devastating downstream attacks.
2. Outdated software
Outdated and unpatched software is the second major entry point. Thousands of new vulnerabilities appear every year, and attackers
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