{"id":5790,"date":"2022-12-20T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/?p=5790"},"modified":"2022-12-20T13:26:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T19:26:34","slug":"cybersecurity-by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/20\/cybersecurity-by-the-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity, By the Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By the Numbers<\/h4>\n

\"cybersecurityIn September, Keeper Security released its second annual U.S. Cybersecurity Census, polling 516 information-technology decision-makers at U.S. companies. Here are some key findings.<\/p>\n

22%<\/strong>
\nPercentage of U.S. businesses subjected to more than 250 attacks annually, while 12% experience more than 500 attacks per year.<\/p>\n

57%<\/strong>
\nPercentage of respondents saying it\u2019s now taking longer to identify and respond to cyberattacks, with the rise of remote work among several factors. Only 8% say responses are getting faster.<\/p>\n

48%<\/strong>
\nPercentage of respondents who admit to being aware of a cyberattack but having kept it to themselves, often because IT leaders fear professional consequences for disclosing attacks.<\/p>\n

39%<\/strong>
\nPercentage of respondents expecting both total cyberattacks and successful attacks to increase in the next year; the same figure expects cyberattacks to increase but successful attacks to remain flat.<\/p>\n

64%<\/strong>
\nPercentage of businesses rating their preparedness to fend off cyberattacks at an 8 or greater on a 10-point scale, with 28% giving themselves a 10.<\/p>\n

28%
\n<\/strong>Percentage of businesses that have suffered reputational damage due to a successful cyberattack, with 19% reporting losing business or a contract.<\/p>\n

26%
\n<\/strong>Percentage of businesses lacking a remote-connection management solution to secure remote access to IT infrastructures, a major security gap given that 58% of American workers are now able to work remotely at least once a week.<\/p>\n

\"hiring$75,000
\n<\/strong>Among businesses that had money stolen in a cyberattack, the average loss was this much, while 37% of organizations lost $100,000 or more.<\/figure>\n

HIRING AND TRAINING IN THE CYBERSECURITY ARENA<\/h4>\n

71%
\n<\/strong>Percentage of businesses that have made new hires in cybersecurity over the past year.<\/p>\n

68%<\/strong>
\nThere are only enough cybersecurity workers in the United States to fill this percentage of the available job openings, with cybersecurity roles taking 21% longer to fill than other IT jobs.<\/p>\n

54%<\/strong>
\nPercentage of businesses planning to invest more time and money this year on employee security awareness training.<\/p>\n

44%
\n<\/strong>Percentage of respondents who provide employees with guidance and best practices governing passwords and access management.<\/p>\n

54%<\/strong>
\nPercentage of businesses planning to invest more time and money this year on employee security awareness training<\/p>\n