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POINT OF VIEW #4

June 2022

The last two years have demonstrated forcefully that cybersecurity is an issue that affects all companies, regardless of their size or sector of activity. SMEs, which were previously relatively unaffected by these attacks, have become prime targets.

In this issue of Our Points of View, Matthieu Douchet and Arnaud Mendelsohn, Managing Partners of Initiative & Finance, share their experience on the role they can play as investment professionals in helping partner companies rethink their cyber culture.

Marc Behar, founder and president of the French cybersecurity firm XMCO, discusses the need for SMEs to be aware of the threats they face and to adapt their human and technical response.

Finally, Laura Peytavin, a CISSP-certified pre-sales consultant at Proofpoint, analyses the changing nature of cyber threats and the ways in which business leaders can anticipate and prevent them.

Enjoy your read!

Cyber threats, a major new challenge for SMEs

Cyber threats, a major new challenge for SMEs

Forced by the Covid crisis to switch massively to remote working, SMEs accepted the situation so as to continue in business. However, most did not…

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Q&A with Marc Behar

Q&A with Marc Behar

XMCO, a French firm specialising in cybersecurity, has experienced strong growth, the curve of which closely follows that of the rise in cyber risks. On…

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Discussion with Laura Peytavin

Discussion with Laura Peytavin

Increasingly organised and sophisticated, cybercriminal networks thrive without borders and launch formidable attacks, to which SMEs remain largely vulnerable. Laura Peytavin, a CISSP-certified pre-sales consultant…

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