{"id":744,"date":"2021-10-25T14:49:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T14:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/?p=744"},"modified":"2021-10-25T14:49:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T14:49:52","slug":"alarming-cybersecurity-stats-for-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/alarming-cybersecurity-stats-for-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Alarming Cybersecurity Stats For 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year I wrote a FORBES article called \u201cAlarming Cybersecurity Stats: What You Need To Know For 2021.\u201d Alarming Cybersecurity Stats: What You Need To Know For 2021 (forbes.com) It included an assortment of stats on the increase in threats to our digital wellness as companies, governments, and consumers. The article was based on the backdrop of a spate of high-profile cyber-attacks such as Solar Winds, and Colonial Pipeline and had painted a dire assessment of the 2021 first half status of the cyber-threat ecosystem. Now we have reached the second half of 2021. Just when we thought it could not get much worse from a cybersecurity stat perspective, it did.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Americans Seem To Be Wakening Up To The Need for Better Cybersecurity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let us start with a positive stat, it appears that in the U.S. most are finally waking up to the cyberthreats. Awareness is an important step! A poll by The Pearson Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that \u201cabout 9 in 10 Americans are at least somewhat concerned about hacking that involves their personal information, financial institutions, government agencies or certain utilities. About two-thirds say they are very or extremely concerned.\u201d\u00a0A significant reason while cybercrime and breaches are rising is that most people just view at as someone else\u2019s problem. Securing our digital identities and data is everyone\u2019s problem and it is a global one.\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2021-10-cyberattacks-pearsonap-norc-poll.html\" href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2021-10-cyberattacks-pearsonap-norc-poll.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2021-10-cyberattacks-pearsonap-norc-poll.html\" aria-label=\"Cyberattacks concerning to most in US: Pearson\/AP-NORC poll (techxplore.com)\">Cyberattacks concerning to most in US: Pearson\/AP-NORC poll (techxplore.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read the Full Story Here<\/p>\n<p>Source: Forbes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year I wrote a FORBES article called \u201cAlarming Cybersecurity Stats: What You Need To Know For 2021.\u201d Alarming Cybersecurity Stats: What You Need To Know For 2021 (forbes.com) It included an assortment of stats on the increase in threats to our digital wellness as companies, governments, and consumers. 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