94% of Businesses Suffered a Damaging Cyber Attack in the Last Year

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96% of UK Businesses Suffered a Damaging Cyber Attack in the Last Year
August 5, 2020
https://www.cbronline.com/news/uk-businesses-cyber-attacks

Cyber attacks have hit almost all organisations across the UK in the last year, with 96% of companies reporting that a breach has negatively impacted their business.

The eyebrow-raising statistic comes from a new report, The Rise of the Business-Aligned Security Executive, published by cyber exposure company Tenable.

“The reality is all organisations face cyber-security attacks, whether they’re automated or APT or some other kind,” he said.
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The damaging effects of cyber attacks are laid bare in the paper, which was carried out by Forrester on behalf of Tenable, and polled 851 business and security leaders. It says 44% of organisations surveyed lost employee data to hackers, while 36% were hit by financial loss or theft, and 34% reported customer attrition.

Renaud Deraison, chief technology officer and co-founder of Tenable, said ensuring that security measures were aligned with wider business objectives will be key to successfully stopping attacks.

“In the future, there will be two kinds of CISO -those who align themselves directly with the business and everyone else,” he said.
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