gest concerns for 65 percent of respondents,
an 11 percent increase
from last year.
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The report attributes this shift to four
primary factors:
1. The evolution of an increasingly
perimeter-less environment
2. The sheer number of successful
endpoint attacks
3. The rising cost per endpoint breach,
and
4. Difficulties associated with quickly
detecting a compromised system
before an attacker can move laterally
The Attivo Networks research was
conducted before the Coronavirus
pandemic forced so many people to
work from home.
In the survey, remote workers ranked
as the third-highest attack surface
of concern at 35 percent; however,
we expect that in future researches, a
significant rise in concerns related
to remote worker risk will emerge.
Key findings and insights found in
the annual report include:
• In addition to user networks and
endpoints, the report findings re-
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