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TRENDING
C-SUITE BEWARE: YOU ARE
THE LATEST TARGETS OF
CYBERCRIME, VERIZON
REPORT WARNS
Members of the C-suite are six times more likely to be
a target of social-engineering than they were only a
year ago, a Verizon report investigating data breaches
across 180 countries, has found. Ultimately, executives
must improve their cyberthreat landscape and make
employees aware of the impact of cybercrime to avoid
further attacks.
C
-level executives who have access
to a company’s most sensitive
information are now the major
focus for social engineering attacks,
alerts the Verizon 2019 Data Breach
Investigations Report. Senior executives
are 12 times more likely to be the target of
social incidents and nine times more likely
to be the target of social breaches than in
previous years – and financial motivation
remains the key driver.
Financially-motivated social engineering
attacks (12% of all data breaches analysed)
are a key topic in this year’s report,
www.intelligentcio.com
highlighting the critical need to ensure all
levels of employees are made aware of the
potential impact of cybercrime.
“Enterprises are increasingly using edge-
based applications to deliver credible
insights and experience. Supply chain data,
video and other critical – often personal
– data will be assembled and analysed at
eye-blink speed, changing how applications
utilise secure network capabilities,” said
George Fischer, President of Verizon Global
Enterprise. “Security must remain front
and centre when implementing these new
applications and architectures.
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SENIOR
EXECUTIVES
ARE 12 TIMES
MORE LIKELY TO
BE THE TARGET
OF SOCIAL
INCIDENTS AND
NINE TIMES MORE
LIKELY TO BE
THE TARGET OF
SOCIAL BREACHES
THAN IN
PREVIOUS YEARS.
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