Industry Dive has officially launched Cybersecurity Dive. According to the press release, “Cybersecurity Dive marks the 23rd site in Industry Dive’s portfolio of online publications and industry-focused newsletters. This new Dive will look at industry regulation, along with legal, technological, economic, social, labor, and geopolitical risks.”
Cybersecurity Dive is timely considering:
- One of the Cybersecurity Dive’s current top 5 articles, “5 Charts to Show the Impact of Ransomware Attacks,” highlights charts that represent ransomware attacks in the U.S. from January to September tracked by Cybersecurity Dive. They are:
- % of attacks by ransomware strain, Jan. – Sept. 2020 (Maze was top attributed strain)
- % of ransomware attacks, by industry, Jan. – Sept. 2020 (Healthcare, public sector suffered the most attacks)
- % of ransomware attacks where organizations paid a ransom, Jan. – Sept. 2020 (Few organizations pay)
- Number of ransomware attacks, by state, Jan. – Sept. 2020 (California, Texas targeted most)
- % of attacks that led to a data breach or customer notification, Jan. – Sept. 2020 (Customers were notified in half of attacks)
- According to Statista, in 2019, the number of data breaches in the United States amounted to 1,473 with over 164.68 million sensitive records exposed.
- In the first half of 2020, there were 540 reported data breaches
- Insights provided by 1500 CISOs, CIOs, and CPOs to BlueVoyant revealed how cyber risk is being managed within their supply chains:
- 77% have limited visibility around their third-party vendors
- 2.7 is the average number of breaches experienced in the past 12 months
- 80% have suffered a third-party related breach in the past 12 months
- Morning Consult and IBM Security released Work From Home survey results in their June 2020 study. Highlights :
- 93% of those newly working from home are confident in their company’s ability to keep personal identifiable information (PII) secure while working remotely, yet 52% are using their personal laptops for work – often with no new tools to secure it, and 45% haven’t received any new training
- More than half have yet to be given any new security policies on how to securely work from home, leaving 47% concerned about impending cybersecurity risks
- 53% of employees are using their personal laptops and computers for business operations while WFH, however 61%also say their employer hasn’t provided tools to properly secure those devices
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