One in 10 cybersecurity professionals have admitted to paying a cyber ransom or hiding a security breach without alerting their team, according to a survey by virtualisation-based enterprise security firm Bromium. The results combined research conducted at the RSA Conference 2017 with a separate survey of security professionals in the UK and US. On average, the study found that 5% of those polled had either bypassed or turned off their corporate security settings. Last year, there were 638 million recorded ransomware attacks, with Bromium data suggesting there could have been many more unreported incidents.
One in 10 cybersecurity professionals have admitted to paying a cyber ransom or hiding a security breach without alerting their team, according to a survey by virtualisation-based enterprise security firm Bromium. The results combined research conducted at the RSA Conference 2017 with a separate survey of security professionals in the UK and US. On average, the study found that 35% of those polled had either bypassed or turned off their corporate security settings. Last year, there were 638 million recorded ransomware attacks, with Bromium data suggesting there could have been many more unreported incidents.