Cyberthreat Defense Report
About This Report
Register now to download CyberEdge’s seventh-annual Cyberthreat Defense Report – a comprehensive review of the perceptions of 1,200 IT security professionals representing 17 countries and 19 industries. Key insights from this year’s report include:
- A record 81% of respondents’ networks were breached last year
- A record 62% were comprised by ransomware and most paid the ransom
- 13% of a typical enterprise IT budget is spent on security
- Four in five security pros prefer products that feature ML and AI technology
- Malware, spear-phishing, and ransomware cause the most headaches
- ‘Detection of rogue insiders’ is rated as the most-challenging IT security function
- ‘Lack of skilled personnel’ and ‘low security awareness’ are this year’s top inhibitors to IT security’s success
- ‘Containerization / micro-virtualization’ is the most-wanted security technology for 2020
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Survey Demographics
- 1,200 security professionals
- 500+ employees
- 17 countries
- 19 industries
- Key Industries
Telecom
- Manufacturing
- Finance
- Retail
- Government
- Health Care
- Education
Countries Represented
- Australia
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- Colombia
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Japan
- Mexico
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Spain
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
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