The source defined small to medium businesses (SMBs) as any of the following:
- Sole trader — one employee
- Micro-business — two to four employees
- Small business — five to 19 employees
- Medium-sized business — 20 to 199 employees.
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Annual SMB cyber security expenditure in Australia 2019 by expenditure range
As of September 2019, a survey conducted in Australia regarding cyber security for small to medium businesses noted that ** percent of respondents spent less than *** Australian dollars on cyber security per year. That same year, the source stated that two percent of the SMBs surveyed spent ** thousand Australian dollars or more on cyber security.
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Australian Cyber Security Centre. (February 20, 2020). Annual cyber security expenditure by small to medium businesses in Australia in 2019, by expenditure range [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 26, 2026, from /statistics/1045929/australia-annual-cyber-security-expenditure-by-smbs-by-expenditure-range/
Australian Cyber Security Centre. "Annual cyber security expenditure by small to medium businesses in Australia in 2019, by expenditure range." Chart. February 20, 2020. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 26, 2026. /statistics/1045929/australia-annual-cyber-security-expenditure-by-smbs-by-expenditure-range/
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Annual cyber security expenditure by small to medium businesses in Australia in 2019, by expenditure range [Graph], Australian Cyber Security Centre, February 20, 2020. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1045929/australia-annual-cyber-security-expenditure-by-smbs-by-expenditure-range/
