…according to Herjavec’s Cybercrime Revelation Report. With Black-Hat hackers getting faster, more experienced and highly motivated by money, espionage and notoriety.
Another $1 Trillion spend for cybersecurity products and service over the same time frame – yet consistent/increased in cybersecurity workforce shortage. Interestingly, nearly 50% of cyberattacks are committed on small business but the battle is in cyberspace where all things connected being affected. Apparently, 90% of corporate executive reported they are NOT ready for a major cyber-attack. Records are being broken yearly with increased/doubled malware, identity theft, victim counts, zero-day; and the 5 most cyber-attacked industries: Healthcare, Manufacturing, Financial Services, Government and followed by Transportation. Oh, there Ransomware which grew 300% in 2016…
While it’s a foregone conclusion that no one can stop hackers completely, digital growth (size, complexity, convenience/convergence, etc.) will ensure it’s a catch up or reactive game. Stats show 12 people fall victim every second which is 1 million victims in the world daily. Moreover, Herjavec relates it to football terms, bad guys running no-huddle, hurry up offense while good guys require a huddle before any actions takes place…in situations where speed is of the essence. Of course, you don’t always see the other/bad guys and they don’t stand in front of you to attack but instead remotely and with no set playbook (or rules).
Breaches can sound like a broken record and unfortunately, so one of the biggest solution to help combat which is, security awareness – employee training for the weakest link
But there is a list of 500 top/hot cybersecurity companies to watch
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