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A version of this article originally appeared on principal.com.

Do you feel confident that your business is fortified against a cybersecurity breach? If not, you're not alone.

Only 18% of small businesses (under 500 employees) employ somebody whose sole responsibility is cybersecurity1 — a thin slice of the small business sector, which makes up 99.9% of all businesses in the United States.2

But even larger businesses struggle to devote staff to cybersecurity: Less than half (47%) employ a full-time, in-house cyber expert.1