What does it cost small businesses to get advanced cybersecurity?

This Expert Insight by Derek Kernus outlines the budgeting challenges small businesses face when adopting cybersecurity, offering guidance on making a business case, prioritizing controls (such as multi-factor authentication and email scanning), sizing scope based on exposure and contractual requirements, and avoiding costly mistakes like choosing partners solely on price or treating security as a one-time task; it also suggests baseline budgeting guidance (IT ~3% of revenue, with ~10% of that for cybersecurity) and recommends tailored, incremental approaches and outsourcing where appropriate.