More than half rank ransomware as their top threat.
Around two-thirds of UK security leaders have deep concerns over the crippling potential of ransomware attacks.
Following the £300 million cyber incident at Marks & Spencer, which also erased £1 billion from the retailer's market value, Digit reports that over half of the companies surveyed reported ransomware incidents in the past year, while 59 percent ranked it as their top threat.
"Cyber-criminals now have the capacity to severely disrupt, or even dismantle, organisations at scale," said Andy Ward, SVP of Absolute Security, who conducted the survey of 250 UK security leaders.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
