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TRENDING
IT MANAGERS ARE INUNDATED
WITH CYBERATTACKS AND
ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP,
ACCORDING TO SOPHOS SURVEY
As the abundance of
cyberattacks is ever
inxreasing, IT managers
are struggling to respond
due to a lack of security
expertise, budget and up
to date technology. Chester
Wisniewski, Principal
Research Scientist, Sophos,
discusses the findings from
the report in more detail.
S
ophos, a global leader in network and
endpoint security, has announced
the findings of its global survey, The
Impossible Puzzle of Cybersecurity, which
reveals IT managers are inundated with
cyberattacks coming from all directions and
are struggling to keep up due to a lack of
security expertise, budget and up to date
technology. The survey polled 3,100 IT
decision makers from mid-sized businesses
in the US, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil,
UK, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, India
and South Africa.
Cybercriminals use multiple
attack methods and payloads for
maximum impact
The Sophos survey shows how attack
techniques are varied and often multi-
staged, increasing the difficulty to defend
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networks. One in five IT managers surveyed
didn’t know how they were breached and
the diversity of attack methods means no
one defensive strategy is a silver bullet.
“Cybercriminals are evolving their attack
methods and often use multiple payloads to
maximise profits. Software exploits were the
initial point of entry in 23% of incidents, but
they were also used in some fashion in 35%
of all attacks, demonstrating how exploits
are used at multiple stages of the attack
chain,” said Chester Wisniewski, Principal
Research Scientist, Sophos. “Organisations
that are only patching externally facing high-
risk servers are left vulnerable internally and
cybercriminals are taking advantage of this
and other security lapses.”
The wide range, multiple stages and scale
of today’s attacks are proving effective. For
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