"Outdated Cybersecurity Practices Leave Door Open for Criminals"

According to ExtraHop, organizations experienced a considerable increase in ransomware, from an average of four attacks over five years in 2021 to four attacks over one year in 2022. Eighty-three percent of victims confessed to having paid the ransom at least once. As organizations find themselves increasingly under attack, it has been discovered that they are overwhelmed with unpatched software, unmanaged devices, shadow Information Technology (IT), and insecure network protocols that serve as entry points for malicious actors. In addition, 77 percent of IT decision-makers believe out-of-date cybersecurity practices have contributed to at least 50 percent of the security incidents their organizations have encountered. Despite these alarming statistics, fewer than one-third of them indicated they have immediate plans to resolve any of their organizations' outdated security practices. This article continues to discuss key findings from ExtraHop's report "2023 Global Cyber Confidence Index: Cybersecurity Debt Drives Up Costs and Ransomware Risk."

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