According to a joint study conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, 73% of companies have experienced internal information security incidents, and the main reason for the loss of confidential data is the employees (42%). The average loss caused by a data breach incident for SMEs is about $80,000. With the expansion of enterprise IT infrastructure, the threat environment facing enterprises is also more complex. New components will bring new security vulnerabilities. What’s worse, not all enterprise employees are proficient in IT security knowledge, especially those who do not have professional IT knowledge cannot keep up with the rapid development and evolution of the IT environment. This results in companies not only facing external threats, but also responding to internal threats from corporate employees.
Our Tabletop Exercises and Cyber Resiliency Training are individually tailored to meet the specific data protection needs of each client. LIFARS experts identify and interview essential personnel to understand your company’s distinct capabilities and existing contingency plans, then use this information to formulate a custom data-breach scenario based on our real-world experience.
The survey also found that 21% of the companies that encountered internal threats lost important corporate data, which ultimately affected their business. It is worth mentioning that the survey found that data leakage caused by accidents by employees accounted for 28%, and intentionally caused important data leakage by companies accounted for 14%. After SMEs suffered data breaches, the average loss was $80,000, including $33,000 in accidental data breach losses and $47,000 in intentional data breach losses. For large enterprises, this loss was as high as $1.29 million, and accidental data breach losses and intentional data breach losses were $544,000 and $748,000.
Kaspersky recently published a report showing the cybersecurity risks enterprise workers are exposed to during the time we all need to work from home. Since March, millions of people all over the world have to work from home. The report from Kaspersky disclosed that many businesses are still failing to prepare their employees for the various threats that have only increased since cybercriminals have increased efforts to take advantage of people working from home.
In response to the current cybersecurity threats, LIFARS is offering new and innovative Remote Cyber Defense Solutions: The Daily TRUTH, Short-Term Incident Response Retainer, and Remote Worker Cyber Resilience. As the pandemic grows, threat actors are taking advantage of businesses and organizations.
According to Kaspersky, there is an increase in shadow IT, which is the software that is not approved by the enterprise’s IT department, for work including video conferencing (70%), instant messengers (60%), or file storage services (53%) during the outbreak of COVID-19. The fact that 68% of respondents use their own computers and just 53% of employees use a VPN to connect to corporate networks. According to the report, 73% of 6,000 employees Kaspersky interviewed to disclose that they have not yet been trained with any specific cybersecurity awareness guidance. In addition, 27% of workers have received COVID-19 related phishing emails. The results revealed how COVID-19 is changing the way people are working and what security vulnerabilities enterprises have for working from home mode. In this situation, IT and cybersecurity are under great pressure to handle daily safety.
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