Here are a few more scary stats to set the scene…
- Cyber-crime costs have increased annually by 21%
- 60% of SMB’s go out of business within 6 months of suffering a cyber-attack
- 50% of cyber security professionals reported at least one incident of malware infected firmware in 2016
Food for thought isn’t it, and yes we all know that stats can be rolled
out to support almost any claim, but these are different. They only support
what we already know…The cyber-attack threat is real and we all need to be
aware and prepared for it.
As defences against cyber-attack have evolved and become more effective,
so have the methods employed by those that perpetrate those attacks. They probe
and test every facet of a system, in a top down search for weak points to
exploit, cracks through which they can slip in and wreak their own particular
brand of havoc. Emerging technologies like IoT, mobility, and hybrid IT
environments now open new business opportunities, but they also introduce new
risk. Protecting servers at the software level is no longer enough; businesses
need to reach down into the physical system level to stay ahead of threats.
