Cyber-attacks continue to plague both organisations and their
employees
LONDON, Sept. 10,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In the past 12 months, over half
of organisations were impacted by cyber threats. Larger companies
in particular were much more likely to come under attack.
The severity of these incidents is directly contributing to job
losses. Of 500 UK IT, resilience and cyber security professionals
surveyed, 37% reported that cyber-attacks resulted in
dismissals.
Last year, Databarracks' Data Health Check (DHC) found that
cyber-attacks are organisation's leading cause of downtime
and data loss. In 2024, that is still the case.
Data lost to cyber incidents varies greatly by company size,
with larger businesses five times more likely to be impacted.
Chris Butler, Resilience
Director at Databarracks, commented:
"It should come as little surprise that cyber remains
organisations' leading cause of downtime and data loss. The real
news is that cyber is now having a significant impact on
employees.
"Over a third of those surveyed in the DHC report job losses as
a result of cyber-attacks. These could be IT or Security staff
being dismissed in direct response to the breach, or wider layoffs
from business disruption.
"Cyber-attacks on businesses are often seen as victimless crimes
because losses are covered by insurance. These results show that
attacks have a personal impact.
"Today, IT teams are faced with significantly more risk and
threats to the continuity of their organisations, which can have a
profound impact on their wellbeing. But the same can be said for
employees across a business.
"Staff may be uncertain about what an attack means for the
future of their company, and by extension their own job security.
Your first line of defence is your staff, and so it is crucial that
they are kept well-trained and appropriately informed in the event
of an incident."
Read the highlights from the Data Health Check 2024:
https://datahealthcheck.databarracks.com/2024/
Download the full DHC report:
https://www.databarracks.com/resources/data-health-check-2024
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SOURCE Databarracks