Organizations’ response time to cyber attacks too slow - EY

Most organizations (56 percent) admit that they would have difficulties with the identification and early detection of IT threats. A third of them also said they don’t know how long it would take them to respond to such threats, according to the 17th world IT security survey carried out by consultancy EY titled “ Get Ahead of Cybercrime.” Negligent and careless employees were the most likely source of cyber attacks. The risk from organized cybercrime is also increasing. “Cyber attacks are getting increasingly persistent and complex, while cyber criminals are getting better organized,” said Michał Kurek, director at EY responsible for IT risk management. “Today’s cyber criminals have better access to financing and are much more clever than a few years ago. That’s why organized cyberctime is almost as big a threat for information safety as employee carelessness (according to 53 percent and 57 percent of respondents respectively),” he added. The survey encompassed over 1,800 organizations from 60 countries, including Poland. The respondents were usually people responsible for IT and IT security.