Most small businesses don't get hacked by a movie villain — they lose a laptop, click a bad link or never back anything up. These are the tools that cover the basics well: endpoint protection, real backups, and password/account hygiene, priced for a small team rather than a security department.
A practical guide to the security tools a small business uses to protect its devices, back up its data and lock down its accounts — grouped by what you're protecting.
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Reviewed: 2026-07-17
Endpoint protection for the laptops and PCs the business runs on — antivirus, anti-malware and increasingly identity/scam protection.
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A consistently top-rated security suite with strong protection and light system impact, with small-business and endpoint tiers.
Live-checked 2026-07-17.
A mainstream security suite bundling antivirus with VPN, identity and scam protection — a familiar, all-in-one choice.
Live-checked 2026-07-17.
Enterprise-grade security with small-business tiers — endpoint, email and cloud protection from a long-established vendor.
Live-checked 2026-07-17.
The two controls that turn a breach or a dead drive into an inconvenience: real off-site backup, and a team password manager so a leaked password isn't the whole story.
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Cloud backup and storage for home and business — back up multiple devices to one account with strong value on storage.
Live-checked 2026-07-17.
A password manager built for companies and teams — shared, encrypted credentials with access controls, popular in the German market.
Live-checked 2026-07-17.
We looked at more security vendors than made the list. One we left off on purpose: