There are many shocking and disturbing facts regarding the threats and challenges posed by IT security, Here are 10 frankly disturbing ones.
- A Kaspersky study uncovered that 33% of all hacked computers was found in the manufacturing industry.
- By the year 2020, the average cost of data breaches will be in excess of $150 million. Juniper research anticipates the cost of cyber crime to businesses to be more than $2 trillion by the end of 2019.
- A total of 1.76 billion data records were leaked in January 2019 alone
- Only 25% of Directors are directly involved in reviewing cyber security risks according to this PwC report
- Symantec discovered that 1 out of every 13 URLs were linked directly to malware
- Most people claim to be aware of the links, however 78% of users still click on unknown links in emails according to this research
- The overwhelming majority of malware-infected devices have been found in China.
- A report from ZDNet reports that it takes (on average) a company 6 months to detect a data breach
- According to a Varonis 2018 study, around 21% of files are not protected in any way
- The same study discovered that 65% of larger companies have in excess of 500 users that have never changed their passwords.
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