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Cybersecurity Awareness

Cybersecurity Awareness

Held every October, National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) is a collaborative effort between government and industry to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity and to ensure that all Americans have the resources they need to be safer and more secure online.

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Numbers Tell The Story

The rapid growing cybersecurity industry is always resourcing new tools to defend off constant attacks. Every year threats grow in number and sophistication. This requires many organizations to improve how they secure their digital assets and data.

To better protect yourself, we must inform you about the current threats in the cybersecurity industry. By understanding the statistics of data breaches in the digital landscape, you can set yourself up with a superior defense and offense.

Cybersecurity Statistics

1.Hackers attack every 39 seconds.

2.Small business make up 43% of all data breaches.

3.Organized criminal groups commit 39% of breaches.

4.Of all attacks, 69% were perpetrated by outsiders.

Sources of Breach Incidents

In the first half of 2019, Forbes has estimated that 4.1 billion records have been exposed by security data breaches and is on track be the worst year on record. Businesses must do a better job of protecting their data. A great tool of defense would be to utilizing managed security services. 

How MegaplanIT can keep you secure.

Our 24/7 Security Operations Center provides always-on threat hunting and investigation capabilities and a member of our team is always available to answer your questions and address any security concerns. Best of all, you get full visibility of your threat landscape, so you can see active threats against your environment in real-time.

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