The Global Information Security Survey (GISS) surveyed almost 1,300 cybersecurity leaders at global organisations and revealed that almost 60% of organisations have faced an increased number of disruptive attacks in the past 12 months. Despite the increasing risk, only 36% of new, technology-enabled business initiatives include the security team from the beginning.
Moreover, over 2019, activists were responsible for 21% of successful cyber-attacks – second only to organised crime groups (23%) – compared with 2019’s GISS, where just 12% of respondents considered activists as the most likely source of an attack.
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