With a rapidly evolving threat landscape, what protected your data and organisation’s sensitive information today, won’t necessarily be useful in helping you defend yourself tomorrow against the ever-changing and diverse nature of cyberattacks.   

In 2023, 44% of global business ransomware incidents (ransomware and data leaks) were due to cyber-attacks.  With new malware variants, the rise of AI and ML, third-party breaches, not to mention data breaches in cloud storage, the barrage of cyberattacks appears endless. Unfortunately, these attacks are becoming more sophisticated, layered and involve multi-stage attack strategies. 

According to the 2024 Cisco Cybersecurity Readiness Index, “Globally, the cybersecurity threat landscape continues to evolve rapidly and remains challenging, with more than half of organizations (54%) having experienced a cybersecurity incident in the past year, and three-quarters (73%) of all organizations believing they are likely to be disrupted by a cybersecurity incident in the next 12-24 months.” 

Heightening these cyberattacks is the proliferation of remote work, with IT teams now needing to ensure that remote devices have the same security measures as workplace-only devices. The responsibility is not only on IT teams, however. Employees also need to do their part. In a recent observation by Cisco Talos Incident Response (Talos IR) Quarterly Trend Report for 2024, BEC was the top threat “accounting for nearly half of engagements… more than double what was observed in the previous quarter… the high number of BEC attacks likely played a significant role in valid accounts being the top attack vector this quarter. Weaknesses involving multi-factor authentication (MFA) were observed within nearly half of engagements this quarter, with the top observed weakness being users accepting unauthorized push notifications, occurring within 25% of engagements.” 

Ensuring security throughout an organisation, including remote devices/staff, is of paramount importance.  

Don’t let your security posture become crippled  

A starting point for any organisation is to implement an end-to-end security assessment, which is a comprehensive process of evaluating the security posture of an entire organisation, from the hardware and software components to the data and network infrastructure. This kind of assessment is essential for ensuring the security and integrity of any system to help prevent data breaches, system downtime, and other costly security incidents, ultimately protecting the organisation’s reputation and bottom line.  

By focusing on IT infrastructure and applications (such as remote devices), Outcomex ensures that the technology and sensitive data that is key to your business is kept secure and protected from cyber-attacks.  We do so by deploying patches, improving security and functionality, and identifying weak configurations and unknown issues – complying with the major security regulatory standards.  

Outcomex has deep skills and understanding of cyber security and help our hundreds of clients every day on their journey to a safe and secure business environment. Through our end-to-end security offerings, we can help your business reduce gaps in security, creating optimal defence framework and security strategies. 

Cyber-attacks have become much more sophisticated and harder to detect. It is has become inevitably and increasingly difficult for organisations to combat cyberthreats as they continue to develop and become more complex.  

Outcomex offers professional vulnerability assessments services.