Cybersecurity is a growing challenge for businesses around the world. Security breaches have increased by 67 per cent since 2014 with each costing an average of around $3.92 million, a 2019 IBM Security report said, adding that it took companies about 9 months to identify and contain a breach.
And with people working remotely amid the Covid-19 pandemic, cyber attacks in India rose by almost 300 per cent last year to reach 1,158,208 against 394,499 in 2019, according to data from India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In). In fact, every other Indian organisation has suffered from a cyber attack since the onset of the pandemic.
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Cyber security jobs, positions in demand
Even with such concerns, you’d be surprised to know that about 95 per cent businesses do not have adequate cybersecurity practices in place, making them especially vulnerable to cyber attacks, says a new report by professional recruitment services firm Michael Page India.
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In fact, there are about 3.1 million unfulfilled positions in cybersecurity around the world, with most of…
