Ransomware attacks in 2023 were analyzed in a recent report by Cohesity. According to the report, 79% of respondents said their company had been the ‘victim of a ransomware attack’ between June and December. The cyber threat landscape is expected to get even worse in 2024, according to the report, with 96% of respondents saying the threat of cyberattacks to their industry will increase this year and 71% predicting it will increase by more than 50%.
Seventy-eight percent of respondents said their data security risk has now increased faster than the growth in the data they manage. Respondents also believe organizations’ cyber resilience and data security strategies are not keeping up with the current threat landscape, with 21% having full confidence in their company’s cyber resilience strategy and its ability to ‘address today’s escalating cyber challenges and threats.