More Related Content Similar to The Importance of Cybersecurity in 2017 (20) More from R-Style Lab (17) The Importance of Cybersecurity in 20172. Cybercrime is now a $ 600 billion
opportunity. It’s a well-organized business
affecting both IT corporations and small
companies. In fact, hackers consider small
and medium-sized businesses an easier
target due to weak defense systems.
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3. THESE ARE CYBERCRIME TOP TARGETS
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4. SOME SHOCKING CYBERSECURITY STATS…
• Every day, 200 thousand new malware samples
are captured;
• Through 2016, 4 thousand ransomware attacks
took place on a daily basis;
• Over 70% of companies affected by ransomware
paid hackers to regain access to customer
records last year. 20% of those had to pay over $
40 thousand;
• More than 59% of infections came from emails.
78% of employees clicked on embedded links
despite being aware of security risks.
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5. YET, CYBERSECURITY THREATS ARE
IGNORED
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No changes planned
Making changes to security
plans
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Business Security Strategy for 2017
(% of companies surveyed)
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6. TOP CAUSES OF ATTACKS & DATA BREACHES
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Employee
negligence
3rd-party
mistakes
System error Hacker
attacks
Malicious
insider
Unidentified
(%)
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7. COMMON TYPES OF BUSINESS
CYBERATTACKS
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In 2017, ransomware attacks are expected to grow by 250%,
causing over $ 5 billion in damage
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8. A typical cyberattack victim
is denied access to computers within a
business network & file servers.
Each hour of downtime will cost your small
business over $ 8 thousand. Unless you
consult experienced software developers &
treat cybersecurity seriously, tomorrow
cybercrime might affect you.
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9. HERE’S HOW TO SECURE YOUR IT
INFRASTRUCTURE (pt. 1)
• Create a corporate security policy regarding
acceptable use, password generation and
defenses against social engineering (and make
sure your employees adhere to it!);
• Encrypt & backup business data (copy of
backup data should be kept off-premises);
• Conduct employee screening to detect
malicious insiders;
• Standardize security protocols to address the
Bring Your Own Device challenge;
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10. HERE’S HOW TO SECURE YOUR IT
INFRASTRUCTURE (pt. 2)
• Maintain security patches and simplify
firmware updates (cybercriminals always look
for vulnerabilities and come up with new hacking
techniques);
• Design software/hardware products with
security in mind (from choosing a secure
website CMS to implementing reliable IoT
messaging protocols, security should be your top
priority);
• Educate users (only 31% of IoT adopters, for
example, update to the latest version of
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11. The r-stylelab.com team urges you to
follow cybersecurity best practices,
keep detailed logs and report attacks to
authorities. Together we can make
cyberspace a safer place!
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SOURCES:
https://smallbiztrends.com/2017/01/cyber-security-statistics-small-business.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateharrison/2016/05/03/the-best-practices-in-cyber-security-
for-small-to-medium-sized-businesses/#653fc4697346
http://r-stylelab.com/company/blog/iot/iot-security-challenges-where-do-we-go-from-here
https://smallbiztrends.com/2017/01/cyber-security-statistics-small-business.html
https://www.observeit.com/blog/10-best-practices-cyber-security-2016
https://blog.barkly.com/cyber-security-statistics-2017
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