Security News > 2022 > March > Mid-market tackling high rate of costly attacks, worsened by complex, siloed defences and staff burnout

Gathering insights from 200 UK-based IT and security leaders, covering ten different industries in both the public and private sectors, the research explored the biggest attacks of 2021, the challenges facing the mid-market and their plans for investment in 2022.

"The financial and reputational cost of cybercrime is rising, putting more pressure on overwhelmed professionals, who are tackling hundreds of alerts a day from siloed point products. Organizations must work smarter, not harder. Only when security systems work seamlessly together, faster than humanly possible, will we see the needle begin to move in the right direction."

Overcomplicated security driving high levels of stress.

It's not hard to see why: 9% of cybersecurity staff say they suffered from sleep deprivation due to cyber security concerns, with the average amount of sleep standing at 5.7 hours per night, considerably less than the seven hours or more recommended by the NHS. Automation and integration key to improving situation in 2022.

46% want security vendors to open up traditionally closed point products to enable automated response to cyber threats and/or cyber attacks.

In line with these needs, 76% of organizations said they plan to invest in a cloud-based security platform that allows their security products to autonomously share security event data to better protect their organization.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/03/09/mid-market-organizations-cyberattacks/