IT professionals increasingly worried about cyber attacks

IT security professionals are more than twice as worried about data breaches and cyberattacks today than they were this time last year according to two new reports. The International Cyber Benchmarks Index and The Changing Face of Cyber Attacks, from the Neustar International Security Council (NISC), reveal the greatest threats as system compromises and ransomware, with 20 percent listing both as their primary concern Other worries are DDoS attacks (19 percent), financial theft (18 percent), and attacks on intellectual property (17 percent). 47 percent see DDoS attacks as increasingly harmful to their organization this year, compared to 38 percent last… [Continue Reading]