Ransomware conversations tend to go one of two ways. Either the provider drops a scary-sounding stat, waves at "sophisticated threat actors," and asks for a signature — or the owner shrugs and says, "we're too small, no one's targeting us."
Both of those responses miss the two numbers that actually matter.
That's not a scare campaign. That's a costed decision.
Why those numbers are the ones worth writing down
The "too small to target" story falls apart on the first number. Attackers don't hand-pick you; automated tools sweep the internet looking for exposed remote access, weak MFA, unpatched services. Your business shows up when your business shows up. Size doesn't protect you.
The second number is what changes the conversation with your accountant. $56,600 isn't the ransom — it's recovery. Rebuild costs. Downtime. Data reconstruction. Overtime. Client goodwill you have to pay to keep. The ransom itself sits on top of that if you decide to pay it.
Compare that to a year of proactive security done properly. For most small businesses in Australia, twelve months of mature protection is materially less than one bad Tuesday.
What we do about it
Our Cybersecurity pillar is designed to bring your exposure down, then keep it down — endpoint protection with 24/7 threat monitoring and response, MFA, patching, email filtering, backup verification, dark web credential monitoring, and an incident response plan on file and actually tested. We include this as the security floor for every managed client, because it's the floor.
We won't sell you fear. We'll show you the two numbers, walk you through where you sit on both, and let you decide.
Book a no-pressure second opinion. We'll show you your real exposure against the real numbers.
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