Two Thirds of Canadian Companies Feel They are Losing the Battle Against Cyber Attacks: Study

In a study of Canadian IT and security workers, the survey results found that:

• A majority of Canadian companies fear they are losing the war on cyber security threats as cyber-attacks against Canadian companies year-over-year.

• 41 per cent of respondents indicated their organization had systems in place to deal with APT’s (advanced persistent threats), up from 38 per cent last year.
• The most frequent compromises continue to be web-borne malware attacks (76%) followed by rootkits (67%).
• Mobile devices (75%) and third party applications (70%) were identified as the greatest potential risks threatening their company’s IT environment.

 GUEST: Ryan Wilson- CTO of Scalar Security

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