Home topics technology chain and digital padlock on computer keyboard, symbolizing internet security, close up fragment. Digital eCommerce Security Digital Is your small business secure online? Sonya Watts January 12, 2016 There can be no debate on whether internet has seeped its way into the world of business, including small businesses. In fact, it might even be more appropriate to use the term bulldozed its way into it. And while this is definitely the case, there are still plenty of small businesses (according to some sources more than a half of them ) who have no online presence whatsoever. It is only logical to think that they avoid other benefits of doing some of their business online, such as online collaboration with remote employees or sharing data via internet with their partners and other parties. In many cases, this decision to stay “off the grid” is the result of purely business decision. For example, some businesses just do not have the need to go online because they do not wish to grow too much. Others believe that they are in an industry where online presence does not bring new business. However, there are just as many small business owners who do not wish to “go online” simply because they are afraid. They think that their business will never be safe online. The worst thing is that they are not completely in the wrong. The numbers According to the latest numbers , Australian businesses lose about $1 billion every year due