Cybercrime Doesn’t Have To Be Scary This Halloween
It’s no wonder Cybersecurity Awareness Month falls in October every year – online threats can be terrifying, but they don’t have to be. Partnering with an MSP/MSSP can help eliminate some of the scariest and biggest concerns organizations face on a daily basis. However, if cybersecurity is left ignored, a huge monster could come knocking down your door.
Scary Cybercrime Statistics
Some of the scariest statistics we’ve seen this year are surrounding cybersecurity incidents. Did you know that ransomware incidents rose 73% across the globe in 2023? Have you heard that Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that by 2031, ransomware will cost victims $265 billion annually, and it will attack a business, consumer, or device every two seconds? That is a terrifying reality; to be faced with your organization’s downfall every two seconds. No one needs the headache and stress of standing alone trying to combat cybersecurity threats from every direction.
Cybersecurity threats aren’t just jump scares like in the movies, either. Most people think of cybersecurity incidents as huge explosions, and a major event taking place, when really, the monster can be much scarier than that. According to IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report, the average time to identify and contain a data breach in 2024 was 283 days. That gives the monster time to grow, strengthen, and cause even more damage to your organization.
Right now, cyber attacks are happening every 39 seconds. One in five US companies have been hit with a ransomware attack, and nearly every business has experienced some kind of cyber threat in the form of phishing or email scams. If your organization does get hit with an attack, you must keep in mind the costs, as well. On average, malware attacks cost an organization about $2.6 million, and that is not considering the $1.8 million, on average, in downtime a cyber attack could cost your business. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, about 60% of businesses that experience a cyberattack go out of business within 6months, and it makes sense – the costs are too high to stay afloat.
Partner With The Experts
Those statistics sounded terrifying, and it’s because they are. Leaving your organization vulnerable to cybersecurity incidents will lead to disaster. Partnering with an MSP/MSSP like Pioneer-360 could provide your organization with multiple layers of defense across your entire IT environment. We provide different packages and levels of support based on what your organization requires, and can either fill in the gaps of your security stack, or provide you with industry-leading software that will protect your organization from the ground up. Cybersecurity doesn’t have to be scary, who ya gonna call…. Pioneer-360!
