Key Insights from CyberEdge’s 2020 Cyberthreat Defense Report

Did you know that 81% of organizations reported that they suffered a successful cyber-attack in 2019? CyberEdge’s 2020 Cyberthreat Defense Report (CDR) has become the de facto standard for assessing organizations’ security posture, for gauging perceptions of IT security professionals, and for ascertaining current and planned investments in IT security infrastructure. The 2020 CDR assesses the views of 1,200 IT security professionals representing 17 countries and 19 industries. It’s the most geographically comprehensive view of IT security perceptions in our industry. Join (ISC)2 (a sponsor of this year’s study) and CyberEdge on May 12, 2020 at 1:00PM Eastern for highlights of the results and get key insights including: A record 62% of organizations were compromised by ransomware last year 58% of ransomware victims paid ransoms last year, but a third failed to recover their encrypted data Malware, spear-phishing, and ransomware cause the most headaches while zero-day attacks are of least concern Lack of skilled personnel and low employee awareness inhibit IT security’s success 85% of organizations are experiencing a shortfall of skilled IT security personnel