Security News > 2021 > November > Surge in cyber attacks confirms the need for zero trust security

Conversely, the technology industry was plagued by threats at a rate much higher than other types of businesses, accounting for 50 percent of attacks.

"As a result, encrypted channels create a significant blind spot in their security postures. The report on the state of encrypted attacks demonstrates that the most effective way to prevent encrypted attacks is with a scalable, cloud-based proxy architecture to inspect all encrypted traffic, which is essential to a holistic zero trust security strategy."

Attacks on technology companies increased by a staggering 2,300 percent, and retail and wholesale saw attacks increase by over 800 percent.

After being a top target in 2020, attacks on healthcare organizations decreased by 27 percent in 2021.

"After being the two most frequently targeted sectors in 2020, healthcare and government organizations had an immense sense of urgency to revamp their security postures with modern architectures, which are largely based on zero trust. There was also increased government scrutiny and a law enforcement crackdown on cybercriminal groups in response to high-profile attacks against critical services such as Colonial Pipeline," said Desai.

Prevent lateral movement: Use zero trust architecture with deception to reduce your attack surface and prevent lateral movement by cybercriminals.

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