Trust Center, the initiative to help SMEs protect themselves from cyber threats

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are also exposed to cyberthreat, in fact, the smaller a company is, the more likely it is to underestimate the risks of online attacks and the less likely it is to take action.

According to According to Juniper Research, digital commerce transactions are expected to reach $9 trillion by 2024an increase of 60% in the last four years, an increase in transactions that increases the risk of cyber attacks on SMEs.

Faced with this situation, Mastercard created the Mastercard Trust Center, which it now covers in Latin America and the Caribbean under the name of Trust Center.

The center will provide free online access to trusted cybersecurity research, education, resources and tools that will empower small business owners to feel more secure and better equipped against cybercrime.

The information can be found in English, Spanish and Portuguese and will be adaptable to each need, “whether entrepreneurs are starting to learn about cybersecurityexpanding their knowledge or mastering cybersecurity management”, highlights the company.

The Trust Center will offer tools and solutions specifically designed by the organization’s Cyber ​​& Intelligence team, which has been working with small businesses for years.

Since 2018, Mastercard has invested more than $1 billion in cybersecurity features, helping to prevent 2.5 billion fraudulent digital interactions globally.

In addition, with Artificial Intelligence the company has prevented more than 30,000 million dollars from being lost to cybercriminals throughout the network, only in the last two years.