Small and mid-market businesses (SMBs) represent 99% of all businesses and nearly half of private sector employment. Yet, many are facing the same complex cyber risks as large enterprises without the same budget or expertise. In today’s landscape, a single serious breach can threaten the very existence of an SMB.

The SonicWall 2026 Cyber Protect Report shifts the focus from what went wrong to how you can prevent it. It identifies the “7 Deadly Sins” – operational failures hiding in plain sight – that define the difference between resilience and exposure.

Discover the 7 Critical Challenges Facing SMBs:

• Ignoring the Fundamentals: Stolen credentials and unpatched systems account for 85% of actionable security alerts.
• False Confidence: 88% of SMB breaches involve ransomware, yet many leaders still believe they are “too small to be a target”.
• Overexposed Access: Flat networks and overly permissive rules allow attackers to move laterally in as little as 12 minutes.
• Reactive Security Posture: The average breach goes undetected for 181 days while teams drown in uninvestigated alerts.
• Cost-Driven Decisions: Deferring essential security training or planning creates expensive crises later.
• Legacy Access Models: 48% of breaches involve compromised VPN credentials – an architecture attackers stopped caring about years ago.
• Chasing Hype Over Execution: Buying new tools without fully deploying them leaves the same foundational gaps wide open.

Why Choose Brilyant and SonicWall?

Protecting your business requires more than just features; it requires execution. Brilyant works with enterprises to eliminate these critical gaps through:

• Managed Security Services: Delivering dedicated monitoring and threat hunting so alerts never go unreviewed.
• Professional Services: Guiding you through network segmentation and identity-aware access controls to reduce your blast radius.
• Strategic Outcome Focus: Helping you spend on outcomes, consolidate tools, and enforce the fundamentals that matter most.

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