Small Firms Need Support and Education to Protect Against Summer Data Breaches PR Newswire LONDON, July 11, 2012 LONDON, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Shred-it calls for Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to target SME sector for education and enforcement SMEs not concerned enough about losing confidential data 1/3 of SMEs have no plans to manage document waste More than 3/4 firms not disposing of electronic storage devices properly UK small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) need additional education and an increased regulatory threat to help them properly protect the confidential information they hold, according to Shred-it, a leading document destruction firm. Nearly two-thirds (59.8%) of the small and medium sized enterprises responding to the 2012 Shred-it Security Tracker survey do not believe that the loss or theft of data would be a problem to their business, 10% more than in last year's survey. As an increasing number of employees work from home to avoid the predicted travel chaos that will accompany a major sporting event taking place in London this summer, combined with this lack of concern for the safety of confidential information could lead to a significant increase in data breaches. "UK SMEs are still not seeing information security as a serious business issue and they need to, especially with the major sporting event taking place in London this summer.