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DACH survey: Cyber ​​attacks are not a top priority
March 6, 2023
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| Sophos, Stories
DACH survey: Cyber ​​attacks are not a top priority

According to a survey of managers (C-Level): Over 60 percent of DACH managers in the manufacturing sector expect a cyber attack - but it is not a matter for the boss. Image damage plays a subordinate role. As part of a survey of managers (C-level) in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on the subject of cyber security, which was carried out by the market research institute Ipsos on behalf of Sophos, Sophos also examined the manufacturing industry. In this sector, the majority of management expects a cyber attack in the future, so they have recognized the potential dangers: 63 percent of German and 61 percent of…

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IT security: Untrained employees are a risk
31 January 2023
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When it comes to IT security, employees in German companies have a lot of catching up to do: almost 34 percent have little or very little skills and are therefore risking the security of their company from cyber attacks - especially in the healthcare sector. Cyber ​​criminals have an easy time in German companies. Due to the poor knowledge about IT security, the workforce is not prepared for an attack in an emergency. More than a third of the survey participants rated personal competence as “low” or “very low”. Only every tenth employee sees himself as having very high abilities in this area. Employees lack...

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SMBs do not want to work with cyber attack victims
15 January 2023
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SMBs do not want to work with cyber attack victims

50 percent of SMEs and 64 percent of large companies in Germany would never work with a company that had previously suffered a cyber attack. Certified security measures are desired, but not checked. As a Kaspersky survey shows, 50 percent of SMEs and 64 percent of large companies in Germany do not want to work with other companies that have already been the victim of a cyber attack. It is therefore important for more than three quarters (84,1 percent) of all companies that (potential) partners have implemented certified security measures to protect themselves against cyber attacks. These results go...

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IT security teams provide answers on corporate security
9 December 2022
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A survey of 500 employees in IT security teams shows that corporate security is lagging behind in terms of protective measures in view of the increased threat situation. Compared to the previous year, only almost half as many German companies are optimally prepared for security incidents. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the IT security situation in German companies and around the world has worsened again: More than two thirds (68 percent) of the IT security teams in Germany have since registered an increase in security incidents, 43 percent of them report significantly more incidents than before. Many IT security teams do not see themselves in a good position With the…

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CIO Survey on Growing Cloud Complexity
14 October 2022
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CIO Survey on Growing Cloud Complexity

A survey of 1.300 CIOs shows that growing cloud complexity is an increasing challenge for companies. The data explosion through cloud-native technology stacks exceeds human management capabilities. Only monitoring and data analysis solutions can keep track. Dynatrace, the "Software Intelligence Company," has released the results of an independent global survey of 1.303 CIOs and senior cloud and IT managers. The results show that with the increasing trend towards cloud-native architectures, the data generated in such environments exceeds the ability of current solutions to produce meaningful analytics. CIOs are finding their...

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IT security: a matter for the boss or a security department?
September 28, 2022
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IT security: a matter for the boss or a security department?

Sophos surveyed company managements in DA-CH in the retail, service and manufacturing sectors about the importance of IT security. One point is the difference according to company size: the larger the company, the less close the topic is to the CEO. There are numerous good reasons for strategically declaring the security of data in companies and organizations to be a top priority: starting with the increasing complexity of corporate IT, data protection regulations, working from home, mobile working and the integration of IOT (Internet of Things) through prominent cyber attacks on large companies or influence of hacker groups on political developments up to specialized cyber attacks on…

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Survey: Cloud security worries security professionals
July 11, 2022
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Survey: Cloud security worries security professionals

Cloud security is currently the top concern for cybersecurity professionals, according to a survey by Delinea, a leading provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions for seamless security. At this year's RSA Conference in San Francisco, more than 100 security professionals were interviewed about their current biggest problems and their cyber hygiene practices. For 37 percent of those surveyed, securing the cloud (cloud security) is the main cause for concern, followed by ransomware (19 percent) and a distributed workforce (17 percent). Poll at RSA Conference “Protecting Digital Assets in the Cloud Becomes the Number…

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Study: CISOs rely on open source and cloud native
July 4, 2022
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As a study by Aqua Security shows: CISOs rely on open source and cloud native. The result shows CISOs' perceptions of cloud native security and open source in IT security. Aqua Security, the leader in pure cloud native security, today released a new study on perceptions of open source solutions and cloud native security. The report is based on a survey of 100 US CISOs (Chief Information Security Officers) at Fortune 1000 companies, commissioned by Aqua Security. The purpose of the study was to increase the understanding and views of...

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86 percent want to increase their IT security budget by 2024
June 19, 2022
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86 percent want to increase their IT security budget by 2024

Many companies are aware of the operational dangers of IT incidents. They are planning investments in technology and know-how and are also approaching new security approaches such as Zero Trust. In the current survey, 86 percent of companies state that they want to increase their IT security budget by 2024. A survey by techconsult, in which Sophos participated, shows what technical decision-makers from trade, industry or service providers expect from security solutions. Over 50 percent have had an attack More than half of all respondents (52 percent) have had under one (12 percent) or…

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Cyber ​​risks are growing faster than security investments
6 May 2022
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Cyber ​​risks are growing faster than security investments

73 percent of the IT decision-makers surveyed in Germany believe that the topic of cyber security and cyber risks has taken a back seat to digital business initiatives in the past year. This is a key finding of a new study by CyberArk. The new global study "Identity Security Threat Landscape" by security experts CyberArk shows that companies are increasingly using human and machine identities. It often moves on a scale that goes into the hundreds of thousands. This inevitably poses greater cybersecurity risks for businesses. Evolution of Cybersecurity Risks Any comprehensive IT or digital…

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