It may be Halloween, but there is nothing scarier to us than the rate of cybercrime.
So as we come to the end of Cyber Security Awareness Month, we bring you our spookiest facts about cyber security. These facts will have you hiding under your desk, wishing we had told you a ghost story instead! Don't worry; we have one of those too!
Scary Fact #1
78% of senior IT professionals believe that UK businesses are not prepared for cyberattacks*.
Every week, over 18 million websites are infected with malware.
34% of IT professionals admit to using the same password more than once at work.*
Around a quarter of businesses that reported an attack experience breaches or attacks at least once a week. **
One in five businesses that experienced an attack in 2020 lost money, data or assets.**
36% of IT Professionals have kept a cybersecurity attack or breach affecting their organisation to themselves.*
32% of IT leaders use weak passwords for sensitive accounts, including credentials such as 'password' or 'admin'*
The average cost of a cyber security breach is estimated to be £8,460. For medium and large firms combined, this average cost is higher, at £13,400.**
Overwhelmingly, businesses (84%) and charities (80%) say COVID-19 has made no change to the importance they place on cyber security. **
A third (34%) of UK companies have experienced severe disruptions, resulting in their inability to carry out business operations.*
58% of IT professionals agree that employees do not understand the full consequences of using weak passwords*
92% of organisations are aware of gaps in their cybersecurity defences, but less than half are actively addressing all of them.*
Only 15% of businesses carry out cyber security vulnerability audits **
A GHOST STORY
If our 13 spooky facts have given you the heebie-jeebies, why not speak to our team of experts who can put your business on the road to robust and resilient Cyber Security! Fill out a form on our website, give us a call on 03332401824, or email sales@soconnect.co.uk.
* Keeper (2021), UK Cybersecurity Census Report
** UK Government (2021),Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2021