Small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) have an overwhelming burden today as network threats become more sophisticated and potentially damaging. The potential for loss can be overwhelming, especially to a small business with limited IT staff—or none at all.

This paper discusses how small and mid-sized businesses, and remote and branch offices (ROBOs) of larger organizations, face increasing Internet-borne security risks, and what they need to significantly increase their security infrastructure easily and affordably.