Small businesses are under attack, and cyber threats are more real than ever. In this episode, Luke Irwin, fractional Chief Information Security Officer at Aegis Cybersecurity, breaks down the world of cybercrime - from email-based attacks and ransomware to social engineering and emerging AI risks. He shares practical steps for SMBs to boost cybersecurity, including frameworks like SMB1001, cybersecurity insurance, employee training, password management, and multi-factor authentication.

Learn how to build cyber resilience, protect your business, and recover quickly when attacks happen. Whether you’re a founder, entrepreneur, or small business owner, this episode gives you actionable insights to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Questions:

Get an overview of the landscape. What's happening? What should we be thinking about? 2:53-2:56

In Australia, the SMB 1009 and in The States, North America. Does that help with your insurance premiums? 14:5-14:58

With the SMB businesses, what are some of the typical breaches that you see? 16:49-16:57

Last time we spoke you gave a really good agenda of 60% or 70% of what people could do to stay safe. Would you mind running through that? 27:26-27:37

What percentage of Xero users do you reckon are actually backing up? 35:54-35:57

If you're thinking about backing it up, are there any sort of preferred smarter methods? 36:32-36:37

If you walked into a small to medium agency recruitment agency today, what would you say are the top three things you can do to bridge that gap? 44:57-45:06

Connect with Luke

linkedin.com/in/luke-irwin

E: [email protected]

W: https://aegiscyber.com.au

Connect with Belinda and Andrew:

LinkedIn Belinda Kerr 

linkedin.com/in/belindakerr

Recruitment Garage

https://recruitmentgarage.com/

LinkedIn Andrew Rodger

linkedin.com/in/andrewrodger

recMate 

https://www.recmate.com.au/

Check out CyberWardens at https://train.cyberwardens.com.au