TRENDING
Frequency of known – and unknown
– cybersecurity attacks
The report also interviewed IT decision
makers about their efforts to defend their
corporate networks, users and applications
against cybersecurity attacks, finding that
47% said their company has suffered a data
breach at least once.
When it comes to DDoS attacks 38% say
their company has suffered an attack at
least once over the past 12 months, with
another 9% not aware if they’ve been
attacked or not. When projected across the
entire industry, this presents an ominous
trend, as nearly half of IT professionals have
either been a victim of a DDoS attack or
don’t know yet if they have been.
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IT’S AN ACCEPTED
FACT THAT
COMPANIES CAN
BLOCK APPS AND
WEBSITES AT
WORK – 85% OF
EMPLOYEES FIND
THIS PRACTICE
ACCEPTABLE.
As IT defenders are faced with the increasing
sophistication of adversaries, 44% of the IT
professionals surveyed in the report expect
DDoS attacks to increase over the next year
and 70% expect overall cyberattacks to
increase or remain the same. is – with 11% not knowing if they’ve been
victimised themselves – which makes it
hard to protect someone when they aren’t
familiar with the dangers or how to prevent
attacks in the first place.
However, 37% of employees surveyed say
they aren’t familiar with what a DDoS attack The diverse variety of cyberattacks is
also cause for concern. On the topic of
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ransomware, 22% of IT decision-makers
say their company has been the victim at
least once, and an additional 26% believe
it is probable, but ultimately unknown,
that their company has been a victim. This
equates to nearly half of the industry either
having been victimised by ransomware, or
not aware if they are already vulnerable to a
looming attack.
Help for IT professionals is on
the way
Perhaps as a direct correlation to the rise
of these attacks, the survey revealed that
63% of IT professionals believe their overall
IT and security budget needs to increase.
Additionally, 36% of IT departments are
looking to grow their security teams. Security
is the top hiring focus, followed by the
applications team.
Who’s responsible for app security?
More than half (55%) of employees expect
the use of business apps to increase, increasing
the odds these devices may become part of
a larger DDoS attack, which can bring entire
businesses to a screeching halt.
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