What's the impact to your business for each day of being Held Cyber Hostage?
August 22, 2019
By Pasha Arshadi
Ransomware is increasing at an alarming rate. According to a recent Health Imaging article, "This year, the ransomware market is projected to earn as much as $1 billion a year- a dramatic increase from only $24 million in 2016. Additionally, the $50 value per medical record vastly outweighs the value of other stolen information. Email information, for example, is sold for about $5 per account…"
For each day of being held cyber hostage, your business suffers.
How Ransomware is effecting businesses...
A company is hit with ransomware every 40 seconds
3 in 5 malware payloads were ransomware in Q1 2017
15% or more of businesses in the top 10 industry sectors have been attacked
71% of companies targeted by ransomware attacks have been infected
1 in 5 businesses that paid the ransom never got their files back
72% of infected businesses lost access to data for two days or more
1/3 experiences 5 days or longer downtime
More than 7 out of 10 companies have no cybersecurity plan for their company’s IT infrastructure
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