How Cyber Attacks are Changing in 2021 by Microsoft

This article, How cyberattacks are changing according to new Microsoft Digital Defense Report, explains alarming trends in the effectiveness and pervasiveness of cyber attacks. The bad guys are getting better.

There may be terminology in the report that is unfamiliar to you. If so, seek out someone who can fill you in. If you are an organization operating computers and a network, storing and processing data, and you don't yet have a cybersecurity program in place, it is time to take action. Another report last month (September 2021) tallied up figures from the last two years to reveal that 60% of small and medium organizations that suffer cyber attacks go out of business within six months.

The costs have gone up; the attack count has skyrocketed, the landscape has changed. Five years ago, things were different. Now, it's time to protect your organization and make cybersecurity part of routine business.

Direct link to the report (working as of November 2021) is HERE.