Search 1: Cyber security and Small Business

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• Boolean Term: Cyber security AND Small Business
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• Search Results: 136
• Subject Terms: SMALL business. COMPUTER security. DATA protection. MANAGEMENT science. INFORMATION technology. INTELLECTUAL property infringement.
• Annotation: 80% of Small-To Medium-Sized Firms Fear a Security Threat. (2007). Computer Security Update, 8(4), 3–6. https://web-p-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.fhsu.edu/ehost/detail/detail?vid=5&sid=d96fdbef-e403-42b2-8d42-2a2f22e1fd6e%40redis&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=24429358&db=aph

This article highlights why small businesses face security issues. Small businesses know that security failure will be damaging. But these businesses aren’t willing to invest in the security of their business. How management views security and keeping costs low contribute to small businesses investing or not into the security of their data.

• Useful: As noted above, this article could provide reasons why small businesses suffer from cyber-attacks.

Search 2: Internet Security and Small Business

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• Boolean Term: Internet Security AND Small business
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• Search Results: 66
• Subject Terms: INTERNET security. COMMUNICATIONS industries. SCHOLARLY periodicals. MASS media. PUBLIC interest.
• Annotation: Gafni, R., & Pavel, T. (2019). The invisible hole of information on SMB’s cybersecurity. Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management, 7(1), 14–26. https://doi-org.ezproxy.fhsu.edu/10.36965/ojakm.2019.7(1)14-26

This article is about small businesses being unaware of cyber threats in their internet use. The article also touches on small businesses not knowing how to be prepared for cyber-attacks. One of the more interesting topics raised by this study is “diminishing the shame for reporting cyber-attacks.”

• Useful: This article is useful to me because it covers it areas I have not considered. The not knowing how to be prepared and the shame of cyber-attacks are areas that can be very useful in my research. The shame of cyber-attacks is fascinating to me. I had not considered the businesses haven’t reported being attacked because of shame.

Search 3: Phishing and Business

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• Boolean Term: Phishing AND business
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• Search Results: 169
• Subject Terms: EMAIL spoofing. IDENTITY theft. CYBERCRIMINALS. BUSINESS enterprises.
• Annotation: Preimesberger, C. (2018). Key Trends That Fuel Phishing Inside an Enterprise. EWeek, 1–3. https://web-p-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.fhsu.edu/ehost/detail/detail?vid=48&sid=d96fdbef-e403-42b2-8d42-2a2f22e1fd6e%40redis&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=131710099&db=aph