cyber trends
SEVEN IN EVERY 10 CISOS ( 71 %) BELIEVE CYBERWARFARE IS A THREAT TO THEIR ORGANISATION , AND YET JUST OVER A FIFTH ( 22 %) ADMIT TO NOT HAVING A STRATEGY IN PLACE TO MITIGATE THIS RISK . THIS IS ESPECIALLY ALARMING DURING A PERIOD OF UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL DISRUPTION , AS HALF OF INFOSEC PROFESSIONALS ( 50 %) AGREE THAT THE INCREASE OF CYBERWARFARE WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE ECONOMY IN THE NEXT YEAR .
ISOs and InfoSec
C professionals are shoring up their defences – with 51 % and 48 % respectively stating that they believe they will need a strategy against cyberwarfare in the next 12 – 18 months . These findings , and more , are revealed in Bitdefender ’ s global 10 in 10 Study . It explores , in detail , the gap between how security decisionmakers and InfoSec professionals view the current security landscape and highlights the changes they know they will need to make in the upcoming months and years . The study takes into account the views and opinions of more than 6,724 InfoSec professionals representing a broad cross-section of organisations from small 101 + employee businesses to publicly listed 10,000 + person enterprises in a wide variety of industries , including technology , finance , healthcare and government .
Seven in 10 CISOs believe cyberwarfare is an imminent threat to their organisations
The rise and fall ( and rise again ) of ransomware
Outside of the rise of cyberwarfare threats , an old threat is rearing its head – ransomware . During the disruption of 2020 , ransomware has surged with as much as 43 % of InfoSec professionals reporting a rise in ransomware attacks . What ’ s more concerning is that 70 % of CISOs / CIOs and 63 % of InfoSec professionals expect to see an increase in ransomware attacks in the next 12 – 18 months . This is of particular interest as almost half of CISOs / CIOs ( 49 %) and just over two fifths of InfoSec professionals ( 42 %) are worried that a ransomware attack could wipe out the business in the next 12 – 18 months if they don ’ t increase investment in security .
But what ’ s driving the rise in ransomware attacks ? Some suggest it ’ s because more people are working from home – which makes them an easier target outside of the corporate firewall . The truth might , however , be tied to
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