Companies' IT infrastructure continues to become more complex — with multicloud deployments becoming the norm — leaving many businesses with security holes that put them at risk of ransomware attacks, according to a survey of nearly 2,700 IT professionals in 21 countries.
The survey, conducted by Wakefield Research for data protection firm Veritas, found the nearly ubiquitous use of cloud services, with 92% of companies using public cloud infrastructure and applications. The average US company uses 16 cloud services but suffers from the complexity of managing the security of the heterogeneous infrastructure, with 42% of companies experiencing a ransomware attack, according to survey results.
Part of the problem is the piecemeal approach that many businesses take toward cybersecurity, says John Abel, chief information officer of Veritas.
"It's easy to fall into the trap of considering each new application moved to the cloud as a unique item to protect," he says. "Treating security in this way allows protection architectures to multiply, fracture, and become more complex — making management challenging and mistakes more likely."
Ransomware has become a major threat to businesses. More than half of companies have suffered a ransomware attack in the past year, with criminals able to encrypt data in 73% of those attacks, according to a May survey of 5,000 IT managers conducted by Sophos. The survey found that 41% of ransomware victims suffered disruption to on-premises data, while 35% of companies had public cloud data affected. The remaining 24% had data across both infrastructure types affected.
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