Cybersecurity Statistics That Will Shock, Scare,

and Motivate You to Protect Your Company

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Sony. JPMorgan. eBay. Target. Jimmy Johns.

One data breach after another.

Data breaches are just one element of a company’s security concerns.

These statistics will shock you.

Statistics from IBM’s Security Intelligence Index Report, 2014; Agari’s “State of Email Trust Report”, 2014; and PandaLabs

Annual Report, 2014.

They may scare you.

Hopefully they will motivate you.

So that you can protect your company (and your customers) before it’s too late.

There were 1.5 million monitored cyber attacks in the U.S. in 2013.

#1

Companies are attacked about 16,800 times a year on average.

#2

Email continues to be the most widely used and effective method of attack.

#3

In fact, 75% of companies surveyed in a recent report were identified to be at high

risk of malicious email attacks.

#4

And 43% of c-level executives say employee errors are the greatest threat to sensitive

data. (IBM Services)

#5

Over 75% of security incidents targeted 5 industries. Can you guess them?

#6

Health and social services.

Finance and insurance.

Manufacturing.

Information and communication.

Retail and wholesale.

38% - the percentage of attacks that were caused by malicious code.

#7

An email “from” your healthcare company is 4x more likely to be fraudulent than an email

from a social networking site.

#8

There has been a 270% increase in identified “Business Email Compromise” victims

in 2015. (FBI)

#9

Over 200,000 new samples of malware were identified every single day in 2014.

#10

Are you confident your company is protected?

Do you use a multi-layered approach to secure your network and infrastructure?

Email Anti-Spam FilteringPerimeter Security & Firewalls

Anti-Virus SoftwareWeb Filtering

Patch ManagementBackup Data & Recovery

Email/File EncryptionStrong Password & Updating Policy

Two-Factor AuthenticationControlled Imaging

End-User (Employee) Awareness Training

The bad guys are becoming more aggressive and sophisticated every day.

They are no longer lone wolves.

They are organized armies that attack companies of all sizes and in various

industries.

They are coming. Are you ready?

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