Security News > 2021 > April > 61% of organizations impacted by ransomware in 2020

Enterprises faced unprecedented cybersecurity risk in 2020 from increasing attack volume, the pandemic-driven digital transformation of work, and generally deficient cyber preparedness and training, a Mimecast survey reveals.

A full 79% of respondents indicated their companies had experienced a business disruption, financial loss or other setback in 2020 due to a lack of cyber preparedness.

Respondents identified ransomware as the chief culprit behind these disruptions.

61% indicated they had been impacted by ransomware in 2020, a 20% increase over the number of companies reporting such disruption in last year's report.

Companies impacted by ransomware lost an average of six working days to system downtime, with 37% saying downtime lasted one week or more.

40% of those surveyed said their organizations fall short in one or more critical areas of email security systems, leaving employees open to phishing, malware, business email compromise and other attacks.

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