Cyber-attacks are a continuous threat to both businesses and
charities. From the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2019 (available
here as a PDF), we can see that fewer
businesses are identifying breaches than in previous years, but the
ones that are identifying breaches are typically experiencing more
of them. Approximately 32% of businesses and 22% of charities
report having cyber security breaches/attacks in the last 12
months. The most common type of cyber security breaches reported
are'
- phishing attacks;
- malign persons impersonating an organisation in emails or
online; and
- viruses, spyware or malware.
The proportion of businesses identifying breaches or attacks is
lower than in 2018 and 2017 (43% and 46%, respectively). The result
for charities is similar to 2018. At the same time, among the 32%
of businesses who did identify breaches and attacks, the average
number of breaches that they recall having to deal with tripled.
Even though this is far from
