09:28 uur 09-07-2021

Keeper Security: nieuw rapport onthult aanzienlijke cyberbeveiligingsdruk op Britse bedrijven

  • 92% van de Britse bedrijven heeft de afgelopen 12 maanden te maken gehad met een cyberaanval, waarbij meer dan tweederde (72%) minstens één keer met succes is gehackt
  • Een op de drie Britse bedrijven (31%) stelt de CTO direct verantwoordelijk voor een succesvolle cyberaanval op hun organisatie
  • Meer dan een derde van de Britse IT-besluitvormers (36%) heeft een cyberaanval op hun bedrijfsgeheim gehouden

LONDEN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Britse bedrijven worstelen met meerdere dringende uitdagingen op het gebied van cyberbeveiliging, zo heeft nieuw onderzoek van Keeper Security onthuld. Uit het Cybersecurity Census Report van 2021 blijkt dat cyberaanvallen wreder, frequenter en geavanceerder worden, terwijl Britse bedrijven onvoldoende voorbereid en te traag zijn om deze aanvallen tegen te gaan. Als gevolg hiervan zijn senior leiders binnen Britse organisaties bezig met het spelen van een cyberaanval-schuldspel in plaats van te investeren in het versterken van hun verdediging.

Uit het rapport blijkt dat meer dan negen op de tien (92%) Britse bedrijven in de afgelopen 12 maanden een cyberaanval hebben gehad en driekwart (78%) voelt zich niet voorbereid om met deze dreiging om te gaan. Bijna een derde (31%) is van mening dat CTO’s de schuld moeten krijgen in het geval van een succesvolle cyberaanval. Een dergelijk gewicht van verantwoordelijkheid betekent dat de cyberbeveiligingsnormen dalen: 36% van de senior IT-leiders geeft toe een cyberaanval voor zichzelf te hebben gehouden, terwijl 32% toegeven dat ze zwakke referenties zoals ‘wachtwoord’ of ‘admin’ gebruiken om hun gegevens te beschermen.

Keeper Security: New report reveals significant cybersecurity pressures on UK businesses

  • 92% of UK businesses have experienced a cyberattack in the last 12 months, with over two-thirds (72%) successfully breached at least once
  • One in three UK businesses (31%) will hold the CTO directly answerable for a successful cyberattack on their organisation
  • Over a third of UK IT decision makers (36%) have kept a cyberattack on their business secret

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– UK businesses are struggling to deal with multiple urgent cybersecurity challenges, new research by Keeper Security has revealed. The 2021 Cybersecurity Census Report shows cyberattacks are becoming more vicious, frequent and sophisticated, while UK businesses are underprepared and too slow to counter these attacks. As a result, senior leaders within UK organisations are preoccupied with playing a cyberattack blame game instead of investing in boosting their defences.

The report has found that more than nine in ten (92%) UK business suffered a cyberattack in the last 12 months and three quarters (78%) feel unprepared to deal with this threat. Nearly a third (31%) believe CTOs should take the blame in the case of a successful cyberattack.Such a weight of responsibility means cybersecurity standards are dropping: 36% of senior IT leaders confess to having kept a cyberattack to themselves, while 32% admit to using weak credentials such as ‘password’ or ‘admin’ to protect their data.

“UK businesses are clearly worried about their cybersecurity and, as our report has found, the challenges are manifold, affecting everything from budgets to productivity,” said Darren Guccione, CEO & co-founder, Keeper Security. “While there is a desire to boost security efforts, companies are facing many competing challenges right now and, understandably, might not always make cybersecurity investments a priority. Our report is an urgent reminder for organisations to proactively address their cybersecurity challenges as a priority since deferring them will make the consequences far more severe.”

Key findings include:

  • Almost all (92%) UK organisations are aware of gaps or weak links in their cybersecurity defences are, but less than half (40%) are actively addressing all of them
  • Two-thirds (66%) of UK organisations have relaxed their cybersecurity policies over the past 12 months so staff can work remotely or in order not to stifle productivity
  • 58% of IT professionals feel employees at their organisations do not understand the full consequences of poor cyber-hygiene
  • 61% of UK companies have a skills shortage in cybersecurity
  • The financial fallout of cyberattacks has been damaging, too, costing nearly one in ten (8%) UK businesses over £1 million
  • An overwhelming 87% of IT leaders support the creation of a nationwide governing body to hold businesses to account when it comes to best online security practices
  • And almost all (91%) are in agreement that UK businesses should be legally required to have basic cybersecurity protections in place to be allowed to operate

“Companies are struggling to put the right solutions in place to cope with cyberattacks and the consequences are both damaging and costly,” said Craig Lurey, CTO and co-founder, Keeper Security. “The conditions caused by Covid-19 have led to an increased amount of hybrid working, making effective cybersecurity defences even harder to achieve. But if businesses want to bounce back fully after the pandemic, they must get their security hygiene in order without delay.”

Despite the rise in cyberattacks and increasing pressures felt by security teams, more than a quarter of UK companies (28%) do not consider IT to be even in their top three priorities as they plan for the next 12 months. This is particularly worrying, given almost all (92%) UK organisations know where the gaps or weak links in their cybersecurity defences are but well under half (40%) are actively addressing them.

Guccione concludes: “While this situation can’t be rectified overnight, there are straightforward steps UK businesses can take to boost their cyber defences. First, organisations should do a comprehensive cybersecurity audit, looking at where the gaps lie and how they can be addressed. Next, they need to put in place a clear plan of action for how to address these challenges. Running cybersecurity training sessions to educate employees and introducing a password management platform to keep credentials safe and secure are two simple, yet highly effective actions business can take today, to be better prepared against cyberattacks tomorrow.”

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About Keeper Security Inc.

Keeper Security, Inc. (Keeper) is the highly-rated and patented cybersecurity platform for preventing password-related data breaches and cyberthreats. Keeper’s zero-knowledge security and encryption software is trusted by millions of people and thousands of businesses across the globe to mitigate the risk of cybertheft, boost employee productivity and meet compliance standards. Keeper has been named PC Magazine’s Best Password Manager of the Year & Editors’ Choice, PCWorld’s Editors’ Choice and is the winner of four G2 Best Software Awards and the InfoSec Award for Best Product in Password Management for SMB Cybersecurity. Keeper is SOC-2 and ISO 27001 Certified and is also listed for use by the U.S. federal government through the System for Award Management (SAM). Learn more at https://keepersecurity.com.

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