Cybersecurity Incidents, Challenges, and Current Measures

This article examines the current state and key trends in the field of cybersecurity, including:

• The frequency and types of cybersecurity incidents in 2024.
• The main challenges organizations face.
• Progress in implementing security measures.
• Infrastructure changes and cloud migration trends.

This is an introduction to a series of articles that provides an overview of key topics. In future articles, we will analyze the state of cybersecurity in specific sectors: education, enterprise, MSP, and healthcare.

Cybersecurity Incidents

Frequency of Attacks:

• 79% of organizations experienced attacks in 2024 (compared to 68% in 2023).
• Attacks on cloud and on-premises systems have become nearly equal in frequency.

Types of Attacks:

1. Phishing – 73%.
2. Account compromise:
   • In the cloud: 55% (up from 16% in 2020).
   • On-premises: 38%.
3. Ransomware – 31%.
4. Targeted attacks (on-premises infrastructure saw an increase from 19% to 27%).

Consequences of Attacks:

• 45% of organizations incurred unplanned costs to address security gaps.
• 17% reported financial losses of $50,000 or more.
• Loss of competitiveness – 20%.

Recommendations:

• Eliminate excessive privileges.
• Use threat detection tools and multifactor authentication (MFA).

Cybersecurity Challenges

Key Challenges of 2024:

1. Employee errors or negligence – 47% (up from 3rd place in 2023).
2. Lack of visibility into sensitive data – 40%.
3. Limited budget – 35%.

Other Factors:

• Shortage of cybersecurity personnel or expertise – 28%.
• Inconsistency of tools across platforms – 20%.

Recommendations:

• Implement privilege access management (PAM).
• Use multifactor authentication (MFA).
• Conduct employee training to improve awareness.

Current Security Measures

Implemented Measures (2024):

• Multifactor authentication (MFA): 83%.
• Privileged access management (PAM): 66%.
• Data encryption: 73%.
• Data classification: 55% in the cloud, 58% on-premises.

Progress Compared to 2023:

• Identity management in the cloud increased from 44% to 55%.
• Identity management on-premises increased from 43% to 58%.

Infrastructure and Cloud Migration

Statistics:

• The share of workloads in the cloud increased slightly, from 41% in 2022 to 44% in 2023, and remained stable in 2024.
• 58% of on-premises organizations plan to implement cloud technologies, with 30% aiming to do so within the next 12 months.

Challenges:

• Difficulty in predicting migration phases due to economic uncertainty.
• The need to divide migration into phases to simplify management.

Recommendations:

• Implement cloud services with a cyclical review of workflows.
• Consider SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS for IT infrastructure flexibility.