The document discusses the rising costs and challenges of cybercrime faced by businesses, highlighting that 81% of organizations feel unprepared for cyber attacks despite 92% claiming to use updated antivirus software. Key statistics include the effectiveness of traditional security measures and the prevalence of password vulnerabilities. Recommendations include proactive defense strategies such as application whitelisting and reducing administrative privileges to enhance security.

1. average annual cost
of cybercrime facing
businesses
Overcoming
Cyber Attacks
Are businesses today doing enough to succeed in the
battle against cyber security threats and are the traditional
methods they are using the most effective?
Cyber challenges facing today’s businesses
Are you protected?
Major real life data breaches in 2013/14
Number of records stolen
Yet 52%
There was a 62%
Effectiveness of traditional security solutions
Password protection Antivirus software
90%
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Proactive defense in depth
The Cyber Security Council's 5 most effective solutions for dealing with cyber threat:
Patch system and
application software
within 48 hours
Reduce number
of users with
administrative
privileges
Patch system
software within
within 48 hours
Use of standard,
secure system
configurations
Application
whitelisting
App control is the #1 strategy for
overcoming real world attacks
(Australian DoD)
of passwords are
vulnerable to hacking
Top 5
common passwords of 2013
92% of organizations
say up to date antivirus
software is in use today...
... yet only 34%
rate it as highly effective in
preventing cyber intrusions
Firewalls
88% say a perimeter
firewall is in use today...
...the remaining 12%
have plans to implement one
34% of an
organization’s total time on IT
security issues is dedicated
to managing user profiles ...
92% of critical
Microsoft vulnerabilities
would be mitigated by
removing admin rights
100% of Internet
Explorer vulnerabilities
would be mitigated by
removing admin rights.
@
Phishing
53%
Rogue software
/downloads
60%
Target
Unpatched
vulnerabilities
74%
Targeted
attacks (APTs)
77%
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of companies are either
not prepared or only
minimally prepared to
deal with attacks
is dedicated to securing
the endpoint...
say that securing the
endpoint is difficult
to achieve
increase in the number
of data breaches in 2013
Over 288,000 new
cyber threats are
reported every day
– that’s 3 per
second
US Military Veterans LivingSocial Adobe
110
Million
70
Million
50
Million
38
Million
Man in the
middle attacks
38%
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