Navigating Transformation with Managed Cybersecurity Services
Ransomware, phishing and compromised or stolen credentials continued to cause damage in 2020, with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) citing these threats as the main sources of reported data breaches involving cyber-incidents between July and December of that year. Though not plainly evident, these attacks have been successful as a result of misconfigured IT systems or unauthorized changes. The report for the previous six-month period noted a steep rise in ransomware in particular, including attacks that resulted in copying or exfiltrating data, as well as encryption of the data on the target network, further increasing the risk to businesses and their customers.
Given the success of ransomware attacks in Australia and globally to date, criminal activities involving this type of malware are only likely to escalate, promising migraines for security professionals into 2021 and beyond.
Businesses are acutely aware that their exposure to this dynamic security environment is far greater than in previous years due to government efforts to step up protections and penalties for data breaches involving personal data. However, at the same time, they are continuing to implement comprehensive digital transformation programs that connect systems and data in new ways and through new processes – placing even greater pressure on time- and resource-constrained security teams to become more agile and responsive.
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*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from The State of Security authored by Zak Menegazzi. Read the original post at: https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/navigating-transformation-with-managed-cybersecurity-services/