SERVICES FOR SOLE TRADERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
Small Business Cyber Resilience Service
We are extending our services to small businesses and sole traders to enhance their cyber resilience and protect their digital assets.
Equipped with the latest technology and staffed by expert cyber advisors, the service will be provided at no cost to small businesses who:
- Have 19 (or less) full time equivalent employees (not inclusive of the business owner);
- Are registered in Australia and currently trading, with an active ABN.
- The Small Business Cyber Resilience Service is funded by the Australian Government and completely free for eligible small businesses.
IDCARE can support eligible businesses with:
- recovery from a cyber or privacy related incident, including email or account compromise, website impersonation, phishing, data breach events, hacking, ransomware; and/or
- cyber resilience assessment and advice.
- If your business needs cyber resilience advice and support or a guiding hand following a cyber or privacy related incident, IDCARE is here to help.
Our expert cyber advisory service can also remediate unauthorised access to your business related devices by cybercriminals and scammers.
A member of our specialist cyberpsychology team can provide one-on-one wellbeing support to you and your staff following a cyber incident.
Our free service is designed to assess your resilience needs or assist your business get back on its feet after an event.
What IDCARE Offers to Qualifying Small Businesses And Sole Traders
An Incident Response Hotline that provides impartial and independent advice on what you are dealing with: 1800 595 170
Access to an Expert Advisor who can talk through what your business needs to increase your resilience against the most common threats.
Small Business Cyber First Aid - a service designed to ensure peace of mind after a remote access event or other intrusion.
Free and confidential one-on-one Wellbeing Support sessions to help you and your staff overcome the stress and emotional impact of a cyber incident.
A Cyber Health Check that provides an independent and confidential appraisal of your resilience in relation to privacy and cybersecurity.
Access to an individual Online Portal containing details of your assessment, action plans for resilience building and more.
Tailored online content available to anyone needing advice and hints on how to keep their small business secure from threats.
Is This You? Real Case Sudies
The Hard Facts:
- In 2024, small businesses lost an average of $49,600 to scams and cybercrime, an increase of 8% from the previous year.
- In 44% of incidents reported to IDCARE, small business owners experiencing an event did not know how their business was compromised.
- Cybercriminals most commonly exploit small businesses by diverting payments, accessing their bank accounts, impersonating them online, and taking over social media accounts.
- Responding to an incident may likely cost a small business four working days in lost time alone.
- More than half of small businesses close within six months of experiencing a cyberattack.
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