CompTIA - State of Cybersecurity 2021

CompTIA has released their State of Cybersecurity Research Report for 2021.

Why has cybersecurity become a top priority for businesses? The numbers tell the tale. To start, the threat landscape continues to grow in the volume of attacks that occur daily and the variety of methods used by cybercriminals. Attacks are coming at a ferocious pace, and a single data breach could cost a company millions of dollars along with massive amounts of time. Of course, the ultimate threat is a ruined reputation that can damage business prospects for years to come.

As much as malware and viruses are still a concern, new types of attacks are exploiting other holes in a defensive strategy. Thanks to the headlines made by Solarwinds in late 2020 and Kaseya more recently, supply chain attacks are now a common part of the cybersecurity lexicon. These attacks, where hackers insert malicious code into software at an early stage before it goes out to customers, are not only difficult to detect since the software is coming from a trusted source but also grow exponentially as the software grants access to the customers of the customers.