Security News > 2021 > October > Many organizations lack basic cyber hygiene despite high confidence in their cyber defenses

The report found that while 81% of those surveyed consider their security to be above average or exceptional, many lack basic cyber hygiene - 41% lack a password complexity requirement, one of the cheapest, easiest forms of protection, and only 55.6% have implemented multi-factor authentication.

"The loss of data and resources due to ransomware attacks can be debilitating. Though organizations are taking this threat seriously, too many are failing to take basic preventative steps. This report indicates a disturbing misplaced confidence that defenses never fail or that paying a ransom after an attack will always work - they do, and it won't," said Ted Ross, CEO of SpyCloud.

"Ransomware is a real problem, and it's growing, but there are concrete steps organizations can take to prepare. Proactively implementing preventative solutions is the key to disrupting ransomware early in the lifecycle and successfully mitigating the damage."

Organizations failing to implement even the simplest cyber hygiene practices Organizations are not optimistic about the ransomware problem.

Despite ranking compromised credentials as a high-risk entry point for ransomware attacks, most organizations lack even the simplest practices for shoring up passwords and authentication.

Rather than investing in strategies to address common root causes of ransomware attacks, organizations have focused efforts and resources on containing the damage after it occurs.

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