In the run up to Halloween, here is some spooky data from cyber security reports that will have you shivering with fright!
Insider threats
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61% of respondents reported at least one insider attack over the last 12 months (22% reported at least six separate attacks). (Source: Bitglass 2020 Insider Threat Report)
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Most organisations cannot guarantee that they can detect insider threats stemming from personal devices (82%) or the cloud (50%), while 81% find it difficult to assess the impact of insider attacks. (Source: Bitglass 2020 Insider Threat Report)
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41% of organisations have not taken any steps to expand secure access for the remote workforce. (Source: Bitglass 2020 Remote Work Report)
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Despite BYOD fairly being embraced in the workforce, 51% of organisations lack any visibility into file sharing apps and 30% have no visibility or control over mobile enterprise messaging tools. (Source: Bitglass 2020 BYOD Report)
Security operations
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Despite the increase in cyber threats, three-quarters of organisations had to furlough members from the SOC team. About 50% had to furlough between 1-2 employees. The US furloughed fewer SOC employees compared to their UK counterparts. (Source: Exabeam State of the SOC 2020 Report)
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60% of companies have also been forced to defer investments in security technology, which were previously planned. The US had a higher deferment rate of 68% compared to the UK rate of 51%. (Source: Exabeam State of the SOC 2020 Report)
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Only 18% of companies overall had not seen an increase in the number of cyber-attacks since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: Exabeam State of the SOC 2020 Report)
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Thirty-three percent of overall companies reported encountering a successful cyber-attack since the beginning of the pandemic. (Source: Exabeam State of the SOC 2020 Report)
Data outflows
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There was a 123% increase in the volume of data downloaded to USB devices by employees after the pandemic declaration and working from home became widespread. 74% of that data had been classified by organisation data governance policies. (Source: The DG Data Trends Report)
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Cloud storage and USB devices became the most preferred egress paths after the COVID-19 emergency declaration, accounting for 89% of all data leaving organisations. (Source: The DG Data Trends Report)
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Data egress via all paths (email, cloud, USB, etc.) was 80% higher in the first month following WHO’s COVID-19 pandemic declaration. More than 50% of the data that left organisations was classified. (Source: The DG Data Trends Report)
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From March 11 – April 15, employees uploaded 336 TB of data to the cloud, a 72% increase from January and February combined. (Source: The DG Data Trends Report)
Keep cyber safe, and Happy Halloween from all the elves at teiss!
