- 65% of IT and security managers say the cybersecurity skills gap has negatively impacted their team's performance
- Cost and lack of time are cited as the biggest impediments for security pros to improve their skills
- Most organizations had declining, stagnant, or non-existent security training budgets
- 25% of Canadian IT decision-makers report they suffered a COVID-19-themed cyberattack
- IT teams from private and public sectors forced to create in-house policies and cybersecurity trainings for remote workers
- Only 36% of organizations have informed a regulatory body after suffering a data breach
- More than half of organizations have given employees a corporate device for remote work
- 37% of employees say they are not restricted from activities like visiting unsecured websites, sharing personal information, or downloading unvetted software
- 54% of users would still visit a website after receiving a warning about potential security risks associated with the site
- Eight in 10 organizations report that their cybersecurity practices are improving
- Executives, directors, business units and outside firms are now directly engaged in conversations and decisions on cybersecurity matters
- COVID-19 and the shift to remote work have heightened awareness of the need for strong cybersecurity
- Most people want to work exclusive from home
- Older people value remote work more that the younger generation
- 35 percent of companies didn’t provide cybersecurity training to employees
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- Demand for ransomware payments skyrockets during the pandemic period
- Companies that pay ransomware actors, including cyber insurance firms, will face potential sanctions for their actions
- Department of the Treasury says ransomware payments benefit illicit actors and can undermine national security
- The smart homes are already here and are getting more intelligent by the day
- IoT security was sacrificed for deployment speed
- Consumers need to look for ISPs that can protect their cyberhomes
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- Aligning organizational business objectives with security has always been challenging
- New initiatives are often kicked-off without security being a consideration
- Analyst firm finds, when security and business objectives are aligned, there are tangible business benefits
- 56% of companies say their remote workers actively bypassed security controls to obfuscate online activity
- 70% of the incidents included at least one attempt to circumvent a second security control to exfiltrate data without detection
- 72% of companies surveyed saw data theft attempts by a departing employee wanting to take protected IP with them
- Survey of over 600 IT leaders reveals the extent of COVID-19 disruption from a technological standpoint
- Areas like cybersecurity, network infrastructure and cloud strategy need urgent adaptation for a distributed workforce
- Cybersecurity is the top technology priority for digital transformation projects
- 60 percent of users employ one or more passwords across multiple accounts
- Cyber criminals exploit user negligence to steal credentials and attempt logins across various sites
- The increasing prevalence of credential stuffing attacks correlates with an increase in leaked credentials available on the dark web
- Many reports received by the FBI indicate the use of botnet credential stuffing
