Partner News: Sage
Cyber Security is considered one of the top strategic priorities for Small and Medium-sized businesses (SMBs) worldwide, yet many organisations remain exposed to attacks despite rising investment.
Today, we sat down with CyberNorth Partner, Sage, to discuss what this means for the North East SMB community.
Research-backed Insights
For the SMB community across the North East, this reflects real progress. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are stepping forward, prioritising cyber security, increasing investment, and recognising their role in building trust and enabling growth.
Sage’s latest global research with IDC shows this momentum clearly. With 52% of SMBs ranking cyber security as a top priority and 60% planning to increase spending, the direction of travel is strong.
The opportunity now is to build on that momentum and translate investment into consistent resilience.
Across the region, we see where this can have the biggest impact:
- Embedding security into everyday operations, not just strategy
- Strengthening behaviours and accountability, not just controls
- Managing third-party and ecosystem risk as part of business as usual
At the same time, AI is creating new opportunities to innovate and grow—while also increasing the pace and complexity of threats. Around 81% of SMBs are still early in their journey to manage AI-related risks, creating a clear opportunity to get ahead and build resilience by design.
Turning momentum into trust
The latest edition of Sage Download focuses on what this means in practice.
It explores how SMBs can strengthen resilience as AI reshapes the threat landscape, why cyber security is becoming more operational, and how prioritising risk helps organisations focus where it matters most. It also highlights the role vendors play in making secure adoption simpler and more scalable.
The Take-Away
For the North East, the path forward is clear: build on the progress already made, embed security into how businesses operate, and use the strength of the CyberNorth community to accelerate shared resilience—and trust.
If your business is looking for cyber security in the age of AI, read the latest edition of Sage Download where Sage’s expert talent dives into the new era of cyber security.
