10ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutCybersecurity

1 – Lack of Email Security Poses a Major Threat to Most OrganizationsEmployees who are careless with their enterprise email accounts are among the biggest threats to a given organization

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2 – Unmanaged Keys and Certificates Lead to CyberattacksCybercriminals are increasingly using unmanaged keys and certificates to sneak past encrypted network solutions.

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3 – DDoS Attacks Cause Decreased Customer Trust, RevenuesDDoS Impact Survey found that the most damaging aspect of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack was loss of customer trust, even more so than monetary loss

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4 – IoT Security is Troubling for Many Consumers, Enterprises

58 percent of 1,000 US residents surveyed said they are very concerned about potential hacking and data theft of their Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices. Thirty-seven percent have already been breached, and 61 percent don't know how to properly secure their connected devices.

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5 – Americans Favor Encryption, But Don't Utilize It

Out of 500 Americans surveyed, 72 percent said they associated the word encryption with "security" while only 4 percent associated encryption with the word "threat." However, 68 percent of respondents said they had never used encryption or weren't sure if they had ever utilized encryption.

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6 – Shared Cyber Threat Intelligence is Valuable, Yet UnderutilizedCyber threat intelligence (CTI) sharing is deemed important to protecting critical assets, only 42 percent of security professionals actively utilize shared threat intelligence. 54 percent of respondents said corporate policies prevented them from utilizing CTI in the workplace.

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7 – Downtime for SMBs Can Be Deadly

84 percent of small and midsize businesses would experience "moderate to catastrophic costs and loss" due to several days of IT downtime. While it is important to implement effective cybersecuritysolutions, utilizing backup and disaster recovery solutions are also critical to protect sensitive data if and when your system is compromised.

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8 – Employee Negligence Can Be Just As Bad (Or Worse) Than HackersIT professionals in the U.S. and U.K. were more likely to experience data loss due to accidental deletion of information as opposed to data loss caused by cybercriminals.

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9 – More Malicious Domains are Hosted in the U.S. Than Anywhere Else

According to the study, the Q4 2015 Infoblox DNS Threat Index rose 49 percent from Q4 2014 and increased five percent from the previous quarter, marking an overall quarterly and yearly increase in the number of newly created malicious domains.

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10 – Skills Shortage, Budgetary Restraints Harm Federal Security EffortsCyber security skill shortage was the top barrier to adoption of better data security. Forty-three percent said budgetary restraints prevented them from adopting better data security solutions.

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