"Most Small Biz IaaS Users Seeing Surge in Attacks"

Security researchers at Sophos have found that SMBs are increasingly exposed via their cloud infrastructure, with over half experiencing an increase in the volume (56%) and complexity (59%) of attacks over the past year.  The researchers surveyed 4984 IT professionals across 31 countries whose organizations use Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).  The researchers noted that most (53%) respondents claimed they also experienced an increased impact from the attacks they suffered over the past year, while two-thirds (67%) admitted that they were hit by ransomware.  The researchers noted that there might be a few clues as to why this might be: only 37% of respondents said they track and detect resource misconfigurations, and only 43% routinely scan IaaS resources for software vulnerabilities.  Two-thirds (66%) don’t have visibility of all resources and their configurations, while just a third (33%) said they’re able to continuously detect, investigate and remove IaaS cyber threats.  The researchers noted that securing access to cloud resources is also an issue for many.  Only two-thirds (40%) of surveyed SMBs have intrusion prevention (IPS) in place, and only slightly more (44%) use a web application firewall (WAF) to protect their web-facing applications and APIs.  The researchers stated that with the market for public cloud services set to grow to nearly $600bn next year, SMBs must prioritize security.  

Infosecurity reports: "Most Small Biz IaaS Users Seeing Surge in Attacks"