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gest concerns for 65 percent of respondents, an 11 percent increase from last year. www.AmericanSecurityToday.com May 2019 - Edition 44 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- 5