Coalfire’s 4th annual Penetration Risk Report shows a shift in risk management focus
WESTMINSTER, Colo., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Global cybersecurity pioneer Coalfire today released its fourth annual Securealities Penetration Risk Report reflecting the results of more than 3,100 penetration tests from nearly 1,600 client engagements in the technology, financial services, healthcare, and retail sectors. The report analyzes enterprise and cloud service providers (CSPs) internal and external attack vectors, application development and mobile app security, social engineering and phishing, and PCI- and FedRAMP®-specific findings, with data segmented by industry and company size. Additional mobile application security analysis was provided by NowSecure.
Coalfire’s long-term data shows that cyber risk significantly shifts year over year based on company size, vertical market, and many other factors. Due to a surge of publicized catastrophic breaches, the dominating focus on external risk means that internal threats are allowed to persist. This creates points of weakness that increase the potential for internal exploits from the growing cadre of attackers.
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