{"id":2060,"date":"2018-07-17T09:11:59","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T13:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/?p=2060"},"modified":"2018-07-17T15:07:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T19:07:02","slug":"cybersecurity-political-pawn-alienvault-infosec-2018-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/cybersecurity-political-pawn-alienvault-infosec-2018-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity: a Political Pawn? The AlienVault InfoSec 2018 Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1062\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2017\/10\/Untitled-1.jpg\" alt=\"AlienVault InfoSec 2018 Survey report \" width=\"800\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2017\/10\/Untitled-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2017\/10\/Untitled-1-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2017\/10\/Untitled-1-768x336.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2017\/10\/Untitled-1-600x263.jpg 600w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2017\/10\/Untitled-1-617x270.jpg 617w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2017\/10\/Untitled-1-180x79.jpg 180w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2017\/10\/Untitled-1-400x175.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today, California-based SIEM solution provider AlienVault revealed the findings of their InfoSec 2018 Survey Report, subtitled \u201cThreats, Politics, and Cryptocurrency Mining.\u201d This survey, conducted at the Infosecurity Europe 2018 conference shortly after the enforcement date of GDPR, reached 928 security experts as participants.<\/span><\/p>\n<br \/>Widget not in any sidebars<br \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the report, the most concerning external InfoSec issue facing enterprises today are cloud security threats. 52% of the survey respondents believe that these cloud threats will only increase in the future, at least in part because of the poorly understood cloud shared responsibility model. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some of the key findings from the AlienVault InfoSec 2018 Survey include: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Phishing and ransomware were agreed to be the biggest internal concerns for enterprises\u2019 security departments by 55% and 45% of the participants, respectively. The former is perhaps unsurprising, as no single control can defend against the human error of a phishing attack. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">92% would rather pay subscription fees, deal with advertisements, or leave a website than allow cryptocurrency mining on their corporate networks. 29% were not confident in their cryptocurrency mining detection software. 24% were unsure if they could detect such an attack. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">84% say the increased publicity around cybersecurity breaches has been useful. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Experts are still waiting for the first big breach of the GDPR era to see how\u2014and how harshly\u2014the regulation will affect enterprises. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perhaps the most surprising finding is that 56% of experts say cybersecurity has become a political pawn. As society and business have become more interconnected\u2014and security breaches have become more widely impactful\u2014individuals and entities have become tempted to leverage cybersecurity for their own ends. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The debates about the need for cybersecurity in election security and the proper way cybersecurity professionals should interact with law enforcement agencies illustrate this conflict clearly. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can read the full AlienVault InfoSec 2018 Survey Report in full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alienvault.com\/docs\/analyst-reports\/infosec-2018-survey-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Other Resources:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/gdpr-findings-alienvault-re-thinking-security-privacy-era-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GDPR Findings in the AlienVault \u201cRe-thinking Security in the Privacy Era\u201d Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/key-siem-findings-alienvault-blog-q1-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Key SIEM Findings from the AlienVault Blog Q1 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/key-findings-from-alienvaults-open-threat-exchange-platform-reports-on-threat-actors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top 3 Findings from AlienVault\u2019s Open Threat Exchange Platform Reports on Threat Actors<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/alienvault-otx-malware-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Key Findings from AlienVault\u2019s Open Threat Exchange Platform Reports on Malware<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/key-findings-alienvaults-open-threat-exchange-platform-reports-exploits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Key Findings from AlienVault\u2019s Open Threat Exchange Platform Reports on Exploits<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/the-25-best-security-analytics-and-siem-platforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 25 Best Security Analytics and SIEM Platforms for 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/10-coolest-siem-security-analytics-ceo-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 10 Coolest SIEM and Security Analytics CEO Leaders<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>Widget not in any sidebars<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, California-based SIEM solution provider AlienVault revealed the findings of their InfoSec 2018 Survey Report, subtitled \u201cThreats, Politics, and Cryptocurrency Mining.\u201d This survey, conducted at the Infosecurity Europe 2018 conference shortly after the enforcement date of GDPR, reached 928 security experts as participants. 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