Report: Cyberattacks No. 1 cause of downtime and data loss

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A new report reveals cyberattacks are the leading cause of IT downtime and data loss in 2023.

The 2023 Data Health Check, published by Databarracks, surveyed 500 UK IT decision-makers and focused on themes of ransomware, cyber, backup, disaster recovery and business continuity.

According to the research, 24% of businesses said that cyber incidents were the biggest cause of IT downtime for their organization, followed by hardware failure at 21%.

Other report highlights

82% of organizations are confident in their ability to respond in a crisis
62% believe they could survive less than one day without IT systems (up from 46% in 2017)
54% of organizations experienced a cyberattack
37% of organizations experienced a ransomware attack

ON DEMAND: Business-impacting events such as severe weather, man-made disasters, and supply chain disruption are increasing in frequency and making impacts around the globe.

In today's rapidly evolving security landscape, organizations face an ever-growing array of disruptive events, security threats and risks. Traditional reactive approaches to security intelligence often leave businesses vulnerable and ill-prepared to anticipate and mitigate emerging threats that could impact the safety of their people, facilities or operations.