How Construction Businesses Can Improve Cybersecurity Business [Video]

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Owners of construction businesses rightfully prioritize keeping their workers safe and healthy, as well as keeping their physical premises secure. But in these pursuits, they often underestimate and fail to address cybersecurity issues.

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Why is cybersecurity so important for construction businesses and what’s the best way to approach it?

Even if only a tiny portion of your business exists in the digital realm, it’s your imperative responsibility to make sure those digital assets and systems are secure. Many construction business owners believe that because their business is so physical, and because it deals with such relatively small matters, that it couldn’t possibly be a target. But in fact, these characteristics make construction businesses more likely to be targets of cyber threats.

Approximately 58 percent of cyberattacks are directed at small businesses. There are a few major reasons for this, but the most obvious is …