Small businesses must become more aware that they are the potential victims of cybercrime, former White House security adviser Howard Schmidt has urged. Speaking at an IT security event at London’s House of Lords on Monday, Schmidt said all businesses are at risk through a lack of proper configuration of security equipment, or through not taking proper security precautions. “SMEs (small and midsized enterprises) are not aware of being a potential victim–spending 40 pounds per year on antivirus is not a high priority,” he said at the event, organized by managed services specialist Claranet.