Enterprise Cyber Security Earns a Failing Grade

REPORT CARD Enterprice Cyber Security Earns a Failing Grade A recent survey* of 315 North American-based IT security professionals found that enterprise (1,000 employees or more) businesses face substantial cyber security issues. Despite the growing awareness of cybercrime, the survey, commissioned by Malwarebytes Corporation, found enterprise businesses nationwide are overwhelmed by increasingly sophisticated malware, social engineering attacks, and a lack of user education. (Numbers represent percentage of respondents.) Ability of Enterprise Organizations to Protect against Cyber Crime: 12% 19% Grade: Believe the average organization is vulnerable/extremely vulnerable Have suffered a successful malware attack at his/her business in the last 24 months 32 Have suffered between 2 and 5 successful malware attacks in the last 24 months Have suffered more than 100 successful malware attacks in the last b% 24 months Fail Reasons for Successful Breaches: 58% Grade: Lack of user knowledge 31% Sophisticated tactics by cyber adversaries that made activities appear trustworthy 29% Increasing use of social networking sites Incomplete bid Increasingly difficult to detect malware that may use an assortment o of attack vectors/exploits/payloads The Biggest Threats to Cyber Security: 29% Grade: Lack of cyber security training for non-IT employees 30% Applications installed on mobile devices 57% Could detect within hours that an IT asset has been compromised Needs 19% Could detect within days that an IT asset has been compromised Improvement Increasing Cyber Security Budgets: Grade: 14% Said their organization has increased its security budget over the past 24 months in direct response to targeted attacks and threats 55% Said their organization has allocated specific budget dollars to new types of anti-malware services and technologies in 2013 Shows Improvement *The Advanced Malware Protection and Detection Survey by Enterprise Strategy Group, May 2013 For more information or to see the complete survey, contact: [email protected]