2021 Cybersecurity Stats: Forbes has recently published an article entitled ‘More Alarming Cybersecutiy Stats of 2021’, an addition to its former released article ‘Alarming Cybersecuty Stats for 2021’. The author, Charles Brooks, enumerated the following alarming, if not shocking, facts.
Alarming Cybersecurity Stats for 2021
Brooks indicated that 78% lack confidence in their company’s cybersecurity posture, on average only 5% of company folders are properly protected. Moreover, nearly 80% of senior IT and IT security leaders believe their organizations lack sufficient protection against cyberattacks despite increased IT security investments made in 2020 to deal with distributed IT and work from home challenges – this according to a new IDG Research Services survey commissioned by Insight Enterprises.
In addition, identity theft spiked amid the pandemic. The US Federal Trade Commission received 1.4 million reports of identity theft last year, doubling the number from 2019.
Cybercrime is also said to cost the world USD 10.5 trillion annually by 2025 and the cybersecurity market is forecasted to be worth USD 403 billion by 2027 and will experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.5%.
And it’s not only affecting big companies.
Malware is said to have increased by 358% in 2020. Moreover, the world is faced with over 100,000 malicious websites and 10,000 malicious files on a daily basis. Phishing, meanwhile, accounts for more than 80% of reported security incidents – and Google has registered 2,145,013 phishing sites as of January 2021.
More of these terrifying statistics on this article, Alarming Cybersecurity Stats.
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