Security News > 2020 > January > 80% of successful breaches are from zero-day exploits

Organizations are not making progress in reducing their endpoint security risk, especially against new and unknown threats, a Ponemon Institute study reveals.

68% IT security professionals say their company experienced one or more endpoint attacks that compromised data assets or IT infrastructure in 2019, an increase from 54% of respondents in 2017.

"Over half of cybersecurity professionals say their organizations are ineffective at thwarting major threats today because their endpoint security solutions are not effective at detecting advanced attacks."

The third annual study surveyed 671 IT security professionals responsible for managing and reducing their organization's endpoint security risk.

Since 2017 the number of IT departments reporting they have ample resources to minimize endpoint threats has increased from 36% to 44%. "The move to Windows 10 provides the perfect opportunity for organizations to retool their endpoint security to better defend against the zero-day attacks and advanced threats that are evading legacy antivirus in 2020 and pose the biggest risk to their business," said Andrew Homer, VP of Security Strategy at Morphisec.

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