Security News > 2020 > September > 33% of companies expose unsafe network services to the internet
A new report finds that 33% of companies within the digital supply chain expose common network services such as data storage, remote access, and network administration to the internet.
Admins should either eliminate direct internet access or deploy compensating controls for when/if such services are required, according to the report by RiskRecon, a Mastercard company, and the cybersecurity research services firm Cyentia Institute.
Cyentia and RiskRecon analyzed the data in two ways: The direct proportion of internet-facing hosts running unsafe services, as well as the percentage of companies that expose unsafe services somewhere across their infrastructure.
"Blocking internet access to unsafe network services is one of the most basic security hygiene practices," said Kelly White, CEO and co-founder of RiskRecon, in a statement.
With a culture that boasts open access to information and collaboration, the education sector has the greatest tendency to expose unsafe network services on non-student systems, with nearly 52% of universities running unsafe services.