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www.AmericanSecurityToday.com May 2020 - Edition 44 • Despite significant investments in prevention solutions, malware and ransomware continue to top the list of attacks that concern de- fenders, increasing 5 percent to 66 percent from last year. • This result indicates that anti-virus, firewalls, , and other prevention technologies still struggle to de- tect and stop attacks and that dif- ferent detection solutions and/or organizations need more layers of defense to halt these attacks. • Three in four respondents are using some form of security framework, with the majority of respondents (45 percent) using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, followed by the ISO 27000 family of standards (37 percent). • Security professionals rely on these frameworks to help them clearly define policies, procedures, and processes to help reduce risk and exposure to vulnerabilities. “Much of this year’s research indicates a continued demand for in-network detection that works reliably across existing and emerging attack surfaces and is effective against all attack vectors,” explains Carolyn Crandall, Chief Deception Officer at Attivo Networks. 8