Amazon Business Prime and CrowdStrike Team to Bolster SMB Cybersecurity

Amazon Business Prime and CrowdStrike joined forces to promote better cybersecurity for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

Business Prime Essentials, Small, Medium and Enterprise members are eligible for CrowdStrike’s Falcon Go cybersecurity platform for free as part of their paid membership, according to a Wednesday (Sept. 10) press release.

A CrowdStrike survey found that 89% of small businesses are vulnerable to modern ransomware and data breaches because of limited adoption of artificial intelligence-powered security, the release said.

“For too long, small businesses have had to choose between growing their business or protecting it,” CrowdStrike Chief Business Officer Daniel Bernard said in the release. “We’re removing the barriers — cost, complexity and time — to using industry-leading cybersecurity so every business can protect what they’ve built.”

CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform uses AI to spot and respond to cyberattacks in real time to block breaches. Falcon Go offers this same level of protection to SMBs, per the release.

“The new offer launches with streamlined onboarding and 24/7 threat monitoring,” the release said. “Business Prime members who sign up for this offer will receive comprehensive security coverage that scales with their business growth, from startup operations to multi-location enterprises.”

New data revealed that public and private sector organizations have work to do when it comes to cultivating a safe cyber ecosystem.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) last week released a report showing the federal government’s cybersecurity workforce tracking is unreliable at best and misleading at worst. The report looked at 23 civilian agencies, finding that claims of nearly 64,000 full-time cyber professionals and $9.3 billion in associated costs cannot be confirmed. Contractor data is even muddier, with 22 of 23 agencies failing to consistently keep track of contractor personnel, despite spending $5.2 billion.

Meanwhile, mid-sized companies are facing their own structural cybersecurity challenges. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Vendors and Vulnerabilities: The Cyberattack Squeeze on Mid-Market Firms” showed that vendors and supply chains represent the Achilles heel of mid-market defenses, with 38% of invoice fraud cases and 43% of phishing attacks resulting from compromised vendors.

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