NEW YORK — Cynet released its 2021 CISO Survey of Small Cyber Security Teams. Participants included 200 CISOs at small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) with five or fewer security staff members and cybersecurity budgets of $1 million or less.

According to the findings, a majority of these organizations were overwhelmed by the endless volley of cyberattacks. This has been due in large part because SMEs are inundated by many of the same threats facing larger organizations but lack the financial resources, staff, training, and proper tools to consistently remediate threats. Some of the key findings are below.