This year is proving a challenging one for cybersecurity professionals. The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is still having an impact on businesses as they migrate to a more distributed and mobile workforce, a cost of living crisis in the UK fueled by inflation, the Russia-Ukraine conflict is giving rise to a new wave of organized cybercrime and state-sponsored attacks, and economic uncertainty in major nations is stretching budgets and increasing risk across the board. Corporations and government infrastructure are being heavily targeted, but all organizations – large or small – are getting caught in the crossfire.
In collaboration with the CyberRisk Alliance (CRA), Infoblox has published its 2023 Global State of Cybersecurity report. The report revealed that more than 56% of organizations in the UK had suffered one more data breach in the past 12 months. One UK-based respondent in the report commented that “Global conflicts between different countries, especially the Ukrainian war, have greatly increased the likelihood of cyberattacks, and have made our organization more vulnerable”.
