2021-07-05 23:18:29
15 Alarming Cyber Security Facts and Stats
Part 2
5. Since COVID-19, the US FBI reported a 300% increase in reported cybercrimes
As if a pandemic wasn’t scary enough, hackers leveraged the opportunity to attack vulnerable networks as office work moved to personal homes. As of this summer, they recorded 12,377 Covid-related scams.
6. 9.7 Million Records healthcare records were compromised in September 2020 aloneAccording to the HIPAA Journal, “83 breaches were attributed to hacking/IT incidents and 9,662,820 records were exposed in those breaches”.
7. Human intelligence and comprehension is the best defense against phishing attacksAccording to Cofense thwarting phishing attempts comes down to user behavior and understanding is the best way to protect your business against some of the most common hacking methods.
8. Approximately $6 trillion is expected to be spent globally on cybersecurity by 2021Organizations need to make a fundamental change in their approach to cybersecurity and reprioritize budgets to align with this newly defined reality of our modern society.
9. Connected IoT devices will reach 75 billion by 2025The IoT market is due to reach 31 billion connected devices this year in 2020 and by 2025 it will be roughly 75 billion IoT devices.
10. Unfilled cybersecurity jobs worldwide is already over 4 millionMore than 500,000 cybersecurity jobs in the U.S. are unfilled, and postings are up 74% over the past five years. Of those jobs, cybersecurity engineers are some of the highest-paid positions started at $140K annually on average.
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