Security Operations By The Numbers: 30 Cybersecurity Stats That Matter
Security Boulevard, Wednesday, May 29th, 2024
Enterprise IT and security operations (SecOps) leaders are under growing pressure from threat actors pounding away at their infrastructure defenses using a variety of new and proven tactics, techniques and procedures.
The trends have complicated an already complex cyber risk management challenge and heightened breach risks for many organizations. Here's a curated list of 30 cybersecurity stats from reliable industry sources on some of the most important trends facing cybersecurity front over the past year.
Breaches and attacks
6.06 billion: The total number of malware attacks
The number of malware attacks for 2023 represented a 11% increase in malware attacks over 2022. Attacks involving cryptojacking increased 659% over the same period while those involving encrypted threats shot up 117%.