“With clearer visibility, IT professionals can now better define a security blueprint to protect their organizations from the constant stream of evolving security threats, ranging from botnets, to employees using risky web applications like anonymizers, to data loss.” “Our research uncovered many alarming vulnerabilities and security threats on networks that most organizations were not aware of,” said Amnon Bar-Lev, president of Check Point Software Technologies. It also sheds light on the industries with the highest tendency toward data loss. The report exposes the different types of sensitive data leaked and lost, including PCI related information as well as HIPAA–protected health information. More than half of the organizations studied had at least one potential data loss incident. These risky web applications are brought to light in the report, including frequency and usage of anonymizers, P2P applications, file storage and sharing applications, and top social networks – all of which can potentially open a backdoor to enterprise networks.Ĭorporate information is more accessible and transferable today than ever before, leading to higher risk of data loss or leakage. The research found 91% of organizations used applications with potential security risks. The surge in web 2.0 applications has given criminal hackers unprecedented options to penetrate corporate networks. The report reveals a list of top threats, including the most infamous botnets, top malware location by country, top vendor vulnerabilities and exposures, and SQL injection events by source country, among other surprising findings. The research revealed that 63% of organizations were infected with bots, and more than half were infected with new malware at least once a day. In order to develop a strong security blueprint, organizations must first be aware of and fully understand the activities occurring on their networks.īased on research of nearly 900 companies, the Check Point 2013 Security Report sheds light on what is hiding on corporate networks, and the major security risks organizations are exposed to on a daily basis:įrom crimeware to hacktivism, cyberattacks will continue to evolve this year, impacting organizations of all sizes. These threats come from ever-changing techniques deployed by criminal hackers in addition to risky online activities by employees, which unintentionally create vulnerabilities on the corporate network. Most importantly, the report provides security recommendations on how to protect against these threats.įor a full copy of the Check Point 2013 Security Report, please visit: As the arms race between attackers and IT professionals unfolded in 2012, it has become clear that many of the most serious threats stayed hidden from network administrators. The new report examines top security threats, risky web applications that compromise network security, and loss of data caused by employees unintentionally. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today issued its 2013 Security Report, uncovering major security risks that impact organizations worldwide.
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