Why Threat Intelligence Is a Must for Every Organization?
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Hackers attack organizations almost every 40 seconds, exposing over 5 billion records in the first half of 2020. The document argues that threat intelligence is crucial for organizations as malicious emails often use common file types like Office documents to spread malware and spear phishing targets internal employees. It notes that most companies do not properly protect sensitive files and accounts, with most employees having access to millions of non-password protected files and many accounts using non-expiring passwords. Therefore, threat intelligence is necessary to help organizations identify vulnerabilities and strengthen their cybersecurity.
Why Threat Intelligence Is a Must for Every Organization?
- 1. WHY THREAT INTELLIGENCE IS A MUST FOR EVERY ORGANIZATION? Swipe
- 2. Hackers attack every 39 seconds on average 2,244 times a day Data breaches exposed 5.1 BILLION records in the first half of 2020 Average cybersecurity spending per employee is $1,178 DATA BREACHES BY NUMBERS Swipe
- 3. HOW DO CYBERATTACKS HAPPEN? 48% of malicious email attachments are Office files 65% of groups used spear phishing as the primary infection vector 34% of data breaches involved internal employees 94% of malware was delivered by email Swipe
- 4. WHY MUST ORGANIZATIONS CONSIDER THREAT INTELLIGENCE? 53% of companies had over 1,000 sensitive files open to every employee On average, every employee had access to 17 MILLION files Only 5% of folders were properly protected 61% of companies have over 500 accounts with non-expiring passwords Swipe