What's the 12 Days of IT SNAFUs without 12 shocking information security statistics collected over this past year? Between data gathered from McAfee, IBM, Ponemon Institute, and more, we've created a SlideShare on the biggest cybersecurity trends and figures that have had CIOs and MSPs alike on constant watch for new threats and schemes. Whether it's been hackers committing egregious acts of cyber crime (malware anyone?) or your own staff practicing unsafe habits and policies, your efforts to secure clients' sensitive data has been tested time and time again this year. As you prepare for 2015, you know that these concerns will only grow and new viruses will become your worst IT nightmares. How are you preparing for the new year? History informs the future. Get a head start on the competition by educating yourself on the changing world of IT security!

1. 12 Must-Know
Cybersecurity
Stats of 2014

2. 1.) Hackers have exposed the personal
information of 110 million Americans –
roughly half of the nation’s adults – in
the last 12 months.
12 Must-Know Cybersecurity Stats of 2014

3. ! Point 1
! Point 2
! Point 3
2.) Globally,
cyber crime costs
businesses
$365-$575 billion
annually and causes
a net loss of up to
200,000 jobs in the
U.S. alone.
12 Must-Know Cybersecurity Stats of 2014

4. 3.) 47% of U.S. Adults
Had their personal information "
exposed by hackers in 2014.
4.) 43% of C-level Execs"
Say negligent insiders "
are the greatest threat to sensitive data.
12 Must-Know Cybersecurity Stats of 2014

5. 5.) 92% of data
breaches can be
described by just
nine distinct
patterns
! Cyber-Espionage
! DOS attacks
! Crimeware
! Web App Attacks
! Insider Misuse
! Miscellaneous errors
! Physical Theft and Loss
! Payment Card Skimmers
12 Must-Know Cybersecurity Stats of 2014

6. 6.) With the number of exploitable
browser vulnerabilities accelerating this
year, 72% of the 685 IT decision-
makers questioned said this made
security difficult in their organization,
more so than any other issue.
12 Must-Know Cybersecurity Stats of 2014

7. 7.) 19% of major cyber attacks reported
are considered “constant” by the
targeted organization.
This is up dramatically from a reported
6% in previous years, not even
including weeklong and month-long
attacks.
12 Must-Know Cybersecurity Stats of 2014

8. 8.) Despite Mac OSX’s
reputation for being the
most immune OS to
malwares and bugs,
users have received
over 1,499 new
malicious programs.
12 Must-Know Cybersecurity Stats of 2014

9. 9.) Geographically, Mac
users in US suffered the
most malware infections in
2014, contributing
to 39.14% of all reported
attacks, followed by
Germany 12.56%, Japan
5.51% UK 5.49% Russia
4.87% and France 3.69%.
12 Must-Know Cybersecurity Stats of 2014

10. 10.) While a significant level of business
decision-makers acknowledge the
importance of data (82%), only a
minority (35%) report that their
organization spends at least 10% of its
IT budget on data security.
12 Must-Know Cybersecurity Stats of 2014

11. 11.) Looking Ahead: In 2015, the
security service spending is projected
to amount to $49,140 million U.S.
dollars worldwide.
12 Must-Know Cybersecurity Stats of 2014

12. 12.) Around 1 in 3
senior executives
is unaware of the
amount of IT
budget allocated
to data security in
their organization
or admits that it is
not a high priority.
12 Must-Know Cybersecurity Stats of 2014

13. Thanks for Viewing!
Sources for the 12 Must-Know Cybersecurity Stats for 2014:
! 1.) http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/28/technology/security/hack-data-breach/, Ponemon Institute.
! 2.) http://blog.wildpackets.com/2014/10/28/10-cyber-security-stats-every-cio-should-know.html, McAfee, “Net Losses:
Estimating the Global Cost of Cybercrime”
! 3.) http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/28/technology/security/hack-data-breach/, Ponemon Institute
! 4.) http://blog.wildpackets.com/2014/10/28/10-cyber-security-stats-every-cio-should-know.html, IBM services
! 5.) http://www.verizonenterprise.com/DBIR/2014/insider/, Verizon, “2014 Data Breach Investigations Report”
! 6.) http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=17745, Malwarebytes
! 7.) http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=17742, Radware
! 8.) http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/30999/cyber-crime/mac-os-x-no-malware-immune.html, Kaspersky Labs
! 9.) http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/30999/cyber-crime/mac-os-x-no-malware-immune.html, Kaspersky Labs
! 10.) http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/senior-execs-undervalue-data/
, NTT Com Security
! 11.) http://www.statista.com/statistics/217362/worldwide-it-security-spending-since-2010/, Statista
! 12.) http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/senior-execs-undervalue-data/, NTT Com Security
12 Must-Know Cybersecurity Stats of 2014
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