Remote working and cloud infrastructure are among the top risks for businesses.

Trend Micro, one of the leading cybersecurity companies, released the results of the latest global Cyber ​​​​Risk Index (CRI – Cyber ​​​​Risk Index) for the second half of 2021. 76% of the global companies that took part in the survey said they would face a successful cyber attack in the next 12 months, while 25% said the probability of being attacked is very high. An even higher percentage of companies in the North America region (34 percent) consider the risk of a cyber attack to be high.

Jon Clay, vice president of Trend Micro Threat Intelligence, says companies need to master risk management to develop an effective cybersecurity strategy: of concern. “As remote work and cyber threats to digital infrastructure continue, it is critical that businesses adopt a platform-based approach to optimize security while minimizing the attack surface.”

The survey, which will span the second half of 2021, asks participants several questions to determine the difference between their preparedness for cyber-attacks and their likelihood of being attacked.

While 84 percent of the survey participants stated they had been exposed to one or more cyber attacks in the past year, more than a third (35 percent) stated they had had 7 or more cyber attacks.

The threats that respondents are most concerned about worldwide include ransomware, phishing, social engineering and DoS (denial of service). Participants are also very concerned about the negative consequences that breaches could have, such as stolen or damaged equipment, the cost of outsourcing advice and expert services, and loss of customers.

In terms of IT infrastructure, companies are most concerned about mobile/remote workers, cloud infrastructure (7.75 out of 10 as “high risk” for the North America region), and third-party applications. US companies rate cloud infrastructure risk at 9.87 out of 10.

These results highlight the ongoing challenge many companies face in securing their digital investments during the pandemic. Such investments were necessary to support remote working, understand the enterprise attack surface, and improve the company’s efficiency and agility.

Ponemon Institute President and Founder Dr. Larry Ponemon said, “Businesses face critical security challenges every day, from software vulnerabilities, data breaches, ransomware attacks and more.” This study, spanning the second half of 2021, stands out as a great resource to help companies improve their security preparedness. and guide the strategic planning process.”

The highest levels of risk occur around:

• IT security features in my organization support security in a DevOps environment

• In my organization, the IT Security Manager (CISO) has sufficient powers and resources to strengthen security

• IT security functions in my organization have strict practices against non-compliance with security policies, standard operating procedures and external requirements.

This clearly demonstrates the need to allocate more resources globally to people, processes and technology to prepare for cyberattacks across the enterprise and reduce overall levels of risk.

Source: (BHA) – Beyaz News Agency