It has been predicted that cyber attack will continue to rise in 2019. As per ISACA’s state of cybersecurity 2019 report, there are 3 main threat actors- cybercriminals (32%), hackers (23%), and non-malicious insider (15%).
If we talk about this year’s 3 main attack vectors than phishing was found to be the most common type of cyber attack, whose percentage gone higher than the last year’s survey. The other 2 attack vectors were malware and social engineering.
Despite the consistencies in threat vectors and actors, ISACA found that the frequency of attacks is likely to increase this year, as compared to previous years.
25% of respondents believe that cybercrime is left underreported, even if they are not legally required to do so while 50% believe that cybercrime is underreported even if they are legally required to report incidents. In addition to this, by promoting cybersecurity awareness programs will boost the confidence in the employees of any organization.
Along with it, ISACA’s survey respondents indicated their confidence in the capability of the cybersecurity team to detect and respond to various cyber threats effectively when they report to Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs). The CISO was the figure that most respondents report to, and 79 percent who report to CISOs said they are “at least somewhat confident in their cybersecurity team’s ability to detect and respond to threats.”
As the frequency of cyber attacks is going to rise this year, therefore, it is advisable for each and every organization to strengthen their security systems today by proper implementation and management. Just go through these points in order to protect yourself from future malicious activities.
- Executives should examine the cyber program and management in terms of governance structure, as CISOs instill the confidence in cybersecurity teams.
- Organizations could have a more effective and promising impact through internal management of cybersecurity awareness programs than the external ones.
- Enterprises should assess all of its programs to determine and manage their efficacy and efficiency.
If we have good options to secure our privacy than why should we comprise in protecting our systems and privacy. Thus, be wise and futuristic as cyber crimes ought to rise this year. Start investing in good cybersecurity systems is that you may not have to face the dire consequences of upcoming threats.
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