{"id":654,"date":"2015-08-26T15:02:13","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T19:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/?p=654"},"modified":"2015-11-18T14:11:59","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T18:11:59","slug":"breaches-affecting-virtual-infrastructure-can-double-cost-kaspersky-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/breaches-affecting-virtual-infrastructure-can-double-cost-kaspersky-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaches Affecting Virtual Infrastructure can Double Cost, Kaspersky Says"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"kaspersky4\"The cost of a security breach could increase up to 130 percent higher when virtualized infrastructure is impacted, according to a new report from Moscow-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab.<\/p>\n

The 2015 Security of Virtual infrastructure report, available here<\/a>, is based on a survey of 5,500 companies of all sizes, across over 25 countries.<\/p>\n

According to the report,\u00a0the average cost of an enterprise recovery from an attack on virtual infrastructure is $800k, \u00a0double the cost of an attack on physical infrastructure. For small and midsize businesses \u00a0(SMBs) the damages can be even worse, Kaspersky’s report found that SMBs reported average damages of $26,000 from breaches to physical infrastructure, but costs increased to nearly $60,000\u2014a 130 percent<\/strong> jump\u2014 when virtualized infrastructure was breached.<\/p>\n

\"Cost<\/a>

Cost of Data Breaches: Virtual v. Physical Infrastructure.
Kaspersky Lab<\/p><\/div>\n

The reason for this increased cost is an increase in the use of virtualized infrastructure for so-called “mission critical” applications and a general lack of understanding when it comes to security in virtualized environments.<\/p>\n

Virtualized Infrastructure is More Popular Than Ever<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Going virtual is not a trend anymore, but a business practice,” says the report, which found that 62 percent<\/strong> of respondents claimed that their company was using virtualization in some form. The percentage is even higher amongst large enterprises\u2014some 72 percent<\/strong> of respondents in companies with over 1500 employees reported that their company uses virtualized infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Improper Security Increases Cost<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite the widespread adoption of virtualized infrastructure, many respondents did not take proper care in securing virtualized environments.<\/p>\n

Kaspersky Lab found that 34 percent of respondents were not using security services designed for virtualized environments\u00a0and were not aware of the difference between these specialized services and traditional, on-premise servers. Additionally, the survey found that another 39% were aware of the difference, but still did not use specialized services.<\/p>\n

As the costs show, this can be a huge mistake.<\/p>\n

“In most cases, traditional security suites do work in virtual environments,” says Kaspersky, but what might be seen as “a small performance penalty” on physical infrastructure can significantly reduce both performance and security, and thus cost benefits, when deployed across virtual machines at scale.<\/p>\n

For more information, check out the full report here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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