The number of cyberattacks targeting US organisations has doubled over the past three years, leading to hefty losses, a study released Monday showed.<\/p>\n
The study conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Hewlett-Packard said most of the attacks involve malicious code, denial of service, stolen or hijacked devices, or “malevolent insiders.”<\/p>\n
“The occurrence of cyberattacks has more than doubled over a three-year period, while the financial impact has increased by nearly 40 percent,” the report said.<\/p>\n
The 2012 study showed organizations experiencing an average of 102 successful attacks per week, compared to 72 attacks per week in 2011 and 50 attacks per week in 2010.<\/p>\n
Among the organizations surveyed which were hit by successful cyberattacks, the average losses was $8.9 million, up six percent from 2011 and 38 percent increase over 2010.<\/p>\n
“Organizations are spending increasing amounts of time, money and energy responding to cyberattacks at levels that will soon become unsustainable,” said HP’s Michael Callahan.<\/p>\n
Information theft accounts for 44 percent of losses, while lost productivity accounted for 30 percent.<\/p>\n
The average time to resolve a cyberattack is 24 days, but it can take up to 50 days, according to the new study.<\/p>\n
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