Status of security today in business. Expectations and reality are not aligning.

1. BUSINESS INSECURITY
STATUS OF CYBERSECURITY TODAY2016
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2. Documents Printers Fax Machines Copiers
WiFi Laptops Smart Phones Tablets
THE SECURITY PERIMETER
HAS EXPANDED

3. • Firewalls & IPS are limited.
• Hackers are attacking users rather than networks.
WE CANNOT DEPEND ON
TECHNOLOGY TO PROTECT US.

4. Advanced Persistent
Threats (APTs)
65%
Targeted Malware
Attacks
61%
Spear Phishing
42%
Zero-day Attacks
and inside threats
33%
WHAT SECURITY PROFESSIONALS
WORRY ABOUT MOST

5. IT professionals downplayed mobile threats, with only
22% citing them as a top concern.
DESPITE ONGOING EMPHASIS ON
BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE (BYOD)

6. WORRIES OVER
APTS AND
TARGETED
MALWARE
ATTACKS ARE
ESPECIALLY
HIGH IN THE
RETAIL SECTOR.
Retail is a favorite of cybercriminals looking to steal credit
card information, and they demonstrated the ability to do
so on a massive scale in 2014.

7. IN CONTRAST,
RESPONDENTS
IN THE OFTEN
TARGETED
HEALTHCARE
AND FINANCIAL
SECTORS
SHOWER MORE
CONCERN
ABOUT TARGET
MALWARE
ATTACKS THAN
APTS
Financial Services
Targeted Malware and
Zero-day attacks 64%
Spear Phishing 57%
APTs 36%
Healthcare Services
Targeted Malware attacks 64%
APTs and Spear Phishing 46%

8. COMPANIES WITH CISOS DEMONSTRATED
MORE CONCERN WITH APTS, TARGETED
ATTACKS AND SPEAR PHISHING.
Indicating those companies have a higher levels of understanding of such threats, but
that awareness did not impact the overwhelming optimism respondents had for their
ability to combat cyber threats in 2015.

9. About NTG
NTG Security specializes in helping organizations identify and stop Advanced
Persistent Threats (APTs), targeted attacks and other sophisticated malware
designed to evade the traditional cyber defenses deployed by enterprises and
government agencies around the world. Our plan of attack is the development of
advanced cybersecurity solutions that Expose, Analyze and Eliminate the latest
malicious threats.
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