Cybersecurity is so complicated that businesses, large and small, are retaining legal counsel specializing in security. Learn two more steps businesses should take before a cyberattack hits.

Create a cybersecurity framework: Doing so, suggests Tech Republic, will improve the company's ability to prevent, detect, and, if necessary, respond to a cyberattack.

Obtain legal counsel that specializes in cybersecurity: The next step is to obtain legal services—hire an attorney or retain a law firm that specializes in cybersecurity—to create an incident-response plan that encompasses all foreseeable data-security issues and details how to respond to them.