Cyber-attacks have become something which the general public is increasingly aware of. However, a perception still exists, certainly, outside the IT industry, that cyber-attacks are just something that happen on the Internet. It’s difficult to relate to and equate the impact of cybercrime on its victims – whether it’s an individual or a company forced for ransom to restore systems.

Only one in five (22 percent) developers strongly agree that they understand which security policies they are expected to follow, according to a Forrester Consulting study titled “Bridging the Developer and Security Divide.

F5 Labs’ 2021 Application Protection report shows that ransomware was a factor in about 30% percent of U.S. breaches in 2020. This trend is also playing out to varying degrees globally. When we look at the breach analyses, some of the most important controls were user account management, network segmentation, and data backup. The challenge is how to best implement them.

According to the report’s key results, 86 percent of respondents indicated it was very likely that they will experience significant cyber-attacks in the next 12 months, up from 83 percent the previous time.

“The Vectra Cognito platform was developed on the idea that standard, static security measures like firewalls, NAC, and VPNs were not enough to protect the modern enterprise, ”said Randy Schirman, Vectra VP of Partnerships.