{"id":1391,"date":"2018-03-19T15:48:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T19:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/?p=1391"},"modified":"2018-03-19T15:49:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T19:49:46","slug":"numbers-latest-cyber-attack-findings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/numbers-latest-cyber-attack-findings\/","title":{"rendered":"By the Numbers: The Latest Cyber-Attack Findings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1392\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2018\/03\/ransomware-3-mod.jpg\" alt=\"cyber-attack findings\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2018\/03\/ransomware-3-mod.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2018\/03\/ransomware-3-mod-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2018\/03\/ransomware-3-mod-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2018\/03\/ransomware-3-mod-540x270.jpg 540w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2018\/03\/ransomware-3-mod-162x81.jpg 162w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2018\/03\/ransomware-3-mod-360x180.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cybersecurity is a field marked by both continuous innovations and continuous re-evaluation. It can seem to the uninitiated that new studies are released every other day, with topics ranging from <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/key-findings-mcafee-labs-threats-report-march-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">malware proliferation<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/key-findings-2018-sonicwall-cyber-threat-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">current ransomware amounts<\/a> to employee cybersecurity training retention rates.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a title=\"Download link to SIEM Buyers Guide\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/siem-buyers-guide-security-information-and-event-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2020\/02\/SIEM_SB_BG.gif\" alt=\"Download Link to SIEM Buyers Guide\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yet these studies represent a perpetual effort by IT security experts to stay current with the latest trends in the industry and in cyber-attack tactics. Security, especially cybersecurity, requires comprehensive knowledge of the modern to stay effective. With that in mind, here\u2019s some recent statistics you might have missed: <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Employee Efforts in Cybersecurity<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>13% <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of public sector employees believe they have complete personal responsibility for their cybersecurity, according to a study by<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/03\/16\/only-13-percent-of-government-employees-take-personal-responsibility-for-cybersecurity-survey-finds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> YouGov<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>48%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> said they had no responsibility in cybersecurity at all. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Approximately <\/span><b>50%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> feel that a cyber-attack is inevitable, no matter what efforts they make. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>43% <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">believe they simply can\u2019t be hacked. <\/span><b>1 in 3<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> employees believe they are more likely to be struck by lightning than suffer a cyber-attack. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That optimism is misplaced. According to Symantec, <\/span><b>1 in 131<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/phishing-stay-safe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> emails<\/a> contained malware in 2017. The Identity Management Institute found that <\/span><b>90%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of all cyber-attacks are successfully executed with information stolen from employees. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Consumer Responses to a Cyber-Attack<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>80%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of consumers felt that the general responses to data breaches made enterprises less trustworthy, according to Next Caller. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>61%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> say that they would make their purchasing decisions based on how an enterprise <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">handles<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a data breach, not <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">whether<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> they have been breached. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>59%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are most concerned with data breaches in the banking and finance sectors. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Small Businesses At Even More Risk<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>43% <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of cyber-attacks target small businesses, according to Smallbiztrends. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>60%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of small businesses that suffer a cyber-attack go out of business within 6 months. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A cyber attack occurs every <\/span><b>39 seconds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, according Cybint Solutions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The average cyber-attack and data breach will cost $150 million by 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<br \/>Widget not in any sidebars<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cybersecurity is a field marked by both continuous innovations and continuous re-evaluation. 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