Two Thirds of Canadian Companies Feel They are Losing the Battle Against Cyber Attacks: Study

The Jill Bennett Show · Feb 11, 2017 · 9m

In a study of Canadian IT and security workers, the survey results found that: A majority of Canadian companies fear they are losing the war on cyber security threats as cyber-attacks against Canadian companies year-over-year. 41 per cent of respondents indicated their organization had systems in place to deal with APT’s (advanced persistent threats), up from 38 per cent last year. The most frequent compromises continue to be web-borne malware attacks (76%) followed by rootkits (67%). Mobile devices (75%) and third party applications (70%) were identified as the greatest potential risks…