Cyber attacks affect all organizations – large and small, private and public. In any scenario, the results can be devastating. But last year, according to Verizon, one group was hit worse than any other – large corporations. The results of the data breach investigation report show that large organizations were victims of 72% of all breaches investigated.
While companies around the world have struggled with economic uncertainty due to the pandemic, large companies had additional cause for concern – due to the increased risk of cyberattacks on companies, many of which have been successful.
Although malicious insiders – like disgruntled former employees or people trying to compromise their employer – pose a threat, outside actors caused the most violations in 2020. Coupled with the fact that threat actors tend to focus on larger organizations, it is imperative that security teams in these organizations devote their time and resources to …
