The most common security threat comes in the form of viruses, spyware and other malicious programs, while 31% of malware attacks resulted in some form of data loss, with 10% of companies reporting the loss of sensitive business data.
Only 70% of companies have implemented anti-malware protection solutions fully across their businesses
“Such an attitude is surprising when you know that almost half of all organisations see cyber-threats as one of the top-three emerging risks – IT strategy is ranked even higher than financial, marketing and human resources strategy,” said Alexander Erofeev, Director of Market Intelligence & Insight at Kaspersky Lab.
“The most likely explanation is underinvestment in IT security.” Indeed, the study shows that every second company evaluates its IT security budget as insufficient, and estimates that an increase of 25% or more is required.
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