KUALA LUMPUR (April 28): A majority of Malaysian organisations believe they will be exposed to cyber-attacks in the next 12 months, with 22% claiming this is “very likely” to happen.
In its latest global Cyber Risk Index (CRI) for the second half of 2021 released on Wednesday (April 27), cybersecurity firm Trend Micro said that in Malaysia, 87% claimed to have suffered one or more successful cyber-attacks in the past 12 months.
The CRI report surveyed more than 3,400 Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) as well as IT practitioners and managers across Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe, and South America.
The CRI index value scoring is derived based on a numerical scale of -10 to 10, with -10 representing the highest level of risk.
The current CRI in Malaysia stands at 0.37, an increase from the 0.08 CRI score recorded in the first half of 2021, indicating an improvement in the state of cybersecurity preparedness in the country.
It said 31% suffered more than 7 cyber-attacks that infiltrated networks/systems; 26% had more than 7 data breaches of information assets and 24% suffered more than 7 breaches of customer data over the past year.
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