Recent research by antivirus vendor Kaspersky shows that almost a quarter of PC users globally are still using the end-of-life operating system Windows 7 which creates a security risk and vulnerability to cyberattacks. This operating system stopped receiving mainstream support in January 2020. Once an OS has come to the end of its life-cycle, the vendor will no longer issue any further updates which include critical security fixes.
Global research firm, Statista, projects IoT spending will surpass $1 trillion by 2023. But before you get lost in the cloud of opportunity, it’s critical to stay grounded. The average cost of a data breach in 2020 was $3.86 million globally. That figure increased 9.8 per cent year-on-year in Australia, priced at $3.35 million, a sobering fact to consider. Add to this, malicious attack breaches were more financially heavy, costing organisations across the globe on average $3.74 million instead of system glitches, at $2.90 million, and human error, at $2.82 million.
The Australian Cyber Security Centre has received an average of 164 cybercrime reports a day. For this reason, Cybersecurity should be at the forefront of the businesses action plan. In an ever-growing and developing technological world, a new threat has emerged; Cybercrime. This threat targets not only individuals but also businesses and has an extensive global reach.
Fortis has partnered with Ermes to provide clients with a security solution to combat the evolving cybersecurity threats businesses are now faced with. Ermes is an intelligent anti-phishing software that acts directly on a browser to prevent and intervene on targeted web attacks that other security solutions cannot recognise.
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