I just ran cross these Cyber Security stats recently and it really caused me to pause and think about where we are at today as it relates to our mindset on security and how many companies that are out there that still think they are not a target of a potential attack. We saw in the previous year, an extensive list of attacks that compromised millions of accounts along with increasing ransomware campaigns that successfully breached many companies it’s only safe to say these threats will only increase in time. Organizations need to have a clear, defined strategy to be able to combat what’s ahead. Here is a great quick cyber security checklist you can download. Please remember while that any checklists and or e-books can be used as great reference tools for compliance and security measures, they should not be used as complete strategy. Please contact us if you are looking for more detailed information.
By 2020: 4 billion people will be online, 50 billion devices will be connected to the internet and data volumes will be 50x greater than they were in 2016 (Source: Microsoft)
Percentage of computer users who will click on a link from an unknown sender: 50 percent (Source: TechRepublic)
Amount of money that ransomware victims have paid out over the past two years: $25 million (Source: The Verge)
Global average cost of a data breach: $3.62 million (Source: IBM)
Average cost for each lost or stolen record containing sensitive and confidential information: $141 (Source: IBM)
Number of unfilled cyber security jobs by 2021: 5 million (Source: CSO Magazine)
Average number of days attackers spend inside systems, undetected: 99 days (Source: FireEye)
Percentage of organizations who admit to not fully informing customers when their personal data was compromised in a cyber attack: 50 percent (Source: CyberArk via Vanson Bourne)
Percentage of security pros who say their organization can’t stop every attempt to break into their internal network: 46 percent (Source: CyberArk via Vanson Bourne)
Percentage of boards that participate in the review of current security and privacy risks: 31 percent(Source: PwC)
Percentage of business leaders who do not understand what they should do if a cyber security incident occurs: 52 percent (Source: CyberArk via Vanson Bourne)
Organizations currently using cloud services: 93 percent (Source: McAfee)
Organizations actively using containers today: 83 percent (Source: Forbes)
Percentage of security and DevOps pros who failed to identify all places where privileged accounts or secrets exist: 99 percent (Source: CyberArk via Vanson Bourne)
Percentage of security pros who report that their organization has not implemented a privileged account security solution for DevOps: 73 percent (Source: CyberArk via Vanson Bourne)