What’s Really Keeping SMBs Up at Night: A Look at Today’s Cybersecurity Landscape
Small and midsize businesses are facing increasingly complex cybersecurity threats with limited internal resources. Our latest infographic highlights the top risks SMBs need to know in 2025—from phishing and ransomware to third-party breaches—and introduces a 12-point roadmap to cyber resilience.
As cyberattacks grow in complexity, SMBs are expected to defend against them with fewer resources, tighter budgets, and limited security expertise. It’s no surprise many feel overwhelmed. Silver Tree's latest infographic breaks down the key cybersecurity threats facing small and midsize businesses—from third-party breaches and cloud misconfigurations to the ongoing cybersecurity talent shortage—and introduces a 12-point roadmap to cyber resilience.
Darwin Herdman brings over 30 years of leadership experience in building, scaling, and optimizing managed service operations for a diverse range of organizations—including small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), Fortune 100 enterprises, state and local governments, and tier-one telecommunications providers.
Throughout his career, Darwin has led high-impact initiatives that modernized IT service delivery, streamlined operations, and introduced automation frameworks at scale. His work spans every layer of the managed services stack, from service desk and infrastructure management to cloud operations, security services, and digital employee experience platforms.
Darwin's deep expertise in operational design, service orchestration, and technology transformation makes him uniquely qualified to articulate the vision and operational blueprint for Autonomous IT. His insights are grounded in decades of real-world execution, delivering measurable outcomes for some of the most complex and high-demand IT environments in North America.
