About 75 % of companies have been victims of cyberattacks
A study carried out by Marsh and Microsoft determined that telecommuting has caused the majority of these cyberattacks
Almost 75 % of companies reported having suffered at least one cyberattack in 2021, with ransomware being considered the main cybersecurity threat suffered by these organizations.
The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the digital transformation of companies, which in many cases have relied on remote modalities, such as teleworking, to maintain their activity.
According to a report by the insurance brokerage and risk consultant Marsh, prepared in collaboration with Microsoft, one of the consequences of almost three years of interruption of face-to-face work has been that most companies distrust their ability to manage the risk of cybersecurity.
The study, “The State of Cyber Resilience“, addressed the opinion of more than 660 managers in areas related to cybersecurity risk between November and December 2021 and has analyzed how cybersecurity risk is perceived by executives from various areas.
One of the main conclusions of the report is that 73% of companies admit to having been the victim of at least one cyberattack in 2021. Based on their income level, the largest companies faced more attacks both in number and in variety.
Indeed, 85 % of them said they had been the target of at least one attack, compared to smaller organizations.
The biggest threat companies face according to this analysis is ransomware, a method of hijacking data through malicious software. In order to recover this information, cybercriminals request an economic amount as compensation.
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Source: dpa
