Lupasafe’s cyber awareness training developed with Mastercard Strive is offered by MSPs to small businesses across Europe In this case study we see how promotion via business group Unizo has helped online retailer Anna Pops improve its cyber security.
Anna Pops is a children’s shoe brand selling across Europe both in store and online. It is a small business with 2 permanent employees and several flex workers based at their head office.
The Cyber Challenges of Small Businesses
As a growing retail brand with online orders across Europe, Tina Daem, manager at Anna Pops, knows that even one phishing email or data breach can cause major disruptions to their business operations. Like many small businesses, the team had no formal cybersecurity training or IT partner and instead relied on common sense and informal policies.
Solution to secure staff and the business
Lupasafe’s cyber awareness training, supported by Mastercard Strive, has been designed and promoted for small businesses.
In Belgium, Lupasafe’s training has been promoted by Unizo, a business community, to its members in fashion and other businesses.
Now, Anna Pops has enrolled all its employees in a 6-month cyber awareness and monitoring program. The program includes:
• Short cyber training modules with relevant topics:
The entire Anna Pops team can participate in short monthly 5-minute training sessions, in which they cover the most important topics for the cyber security of their store and webshop.
• Cyber scanning of computers and websites:
Tina automatically receives a message in her inbox when an employee’s computer is at risk. This allows them to take targeted and efficient action.
• Easy progress registration and risk notifications via a dashboard:
Every month, Tina and team receive an overview of the progress and results of the employee training. Tina does not have to call in an IT specialist, but remains in control of her cyber security.
Results so far
• All employees participate in the monthly training sessions.
• Improved awareness of incident recognition.
• Secure computers and websites: reduced risk of incidents.
A stronger culture of collective security and digital trust
“Cybersecurity used to feel complicated and not important to us. Lupasafe made it easy and simple for our team. We can continue to build our shoe store and webshop with peace of mind, without worrying about digital risks.
— Tina Daem, Managing Director, Anna Pops
