Cyber risk research report published
Provided from survey results gathered from YouGov, Toluna and KuppingerCole
- 238% increase in cyberattack volume during pandemic
- 71% of employees access more company data, more frequently, when they are working from home
- 43% = customer and operational data
- 23% = financial data
- 23% = HR records
- 33% download more from Internet than before pandemic
- 27% admit to use work device to play games
- 36% admit to using work device for watching streaming services
- 40% use work device for homework and online learning
- 54% increase in malicious actors exploiting gaming platforms
- 76% say working from home has blurred lines between personal and professional lives
- 27% know they are not to share work devices but feel they have no choice
- 85% worry such behavior increases risk of security breach
- 50% of office workers see their work devices (laptops, smartphones, printers, MFPs) as a personal device
- 54% see increase in email phishing attacks
- 56% see increase in web browser related infections
- 44% saw compromised devices (including printers/MFPs) being used to infect the wide business
- 45% specifically saw increase in compromised printers being used as an attack point