Speaking to Infosecurity, director of threat research at Webroot David Kennerley explained that IoT services offer hackers boundless criminal monetization, limited only by how creative and motivated they choose to be. A new survey has revealed that 89% of UK companies polled view themselves as vulnerable to a cyber attack. A total of 23% of these said they were ‘very or extremely’ vulnerable. The survey, conducted by the British Computer Society (BCS) and Accenture, found that only 11% of businesses are confident in their ability to withstand an attack from hackers. Businesses planning to invest in security in the next year run the risk of doing so in the wrong areas. Endpoint defences are popular, although Vormetric argues that these have proven to be largely ineffective against attacks on data.
A new survey has revealed that 89% of UK companies polled view themselves as vulnerable to a cyber attack. A total of 23% of these said they were ‘very or extremely’ vulnerable. The survey, conducted by the British Computer Society (BCS) and Accenture, found that only 11% of businesses are confident in their ability to withstand an attack from hackers. Businesses planning to invest in security in the next year run the risk of doing so in the wrong areas. Endpoint defences are popular, although Vormetric argues that these have proven to be largely ineffective against attacks on data.