According to a recent Netwrix report, 77% of financial organizations detected a cyberattack in the last year, compared to 68% in other industries. Phishing and ransomware were the most common types of attacks across all sectors.
The financial sector also experiences more targeted attacks on their IT infrastructure than other sectors. Thirty-nine percent of financial organizations reported targeted attacks on their cloud infrastructure and 26% suffered targeted attacks on their on-premises footprint.