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Feeling Beleaguered? 3 Practical Steps
for Cybersecurity Mastery
By Tim Liu, Co-Founder & CTO, Hillstone Networks
Cybersecurity may seem an unending challenge, with new vulnerabilities, attacks and breaches
announced almost daily. With all the loud headlines, and the potentially large financial and professional
impacts of a breach or other attack, it’s easy for CISOs to feel a bit beleaguered.
Ransomware, for example, doubled in 2021 according to Verizon’s 2021 Data Breach Investigations
Report. Most industries have come under attack, including education, retail, government, manufacturing,
energy, healthcare, and financial services, among others. A notable development in 2021 was the rise of
supply-chain attacks like the Kaseya incident, which impacted at least 1,500 customers.
Data breaches, while often a component of a ransomware attack, also occur separately. Like
ransomware, breaches have increased markedly in recent years. According to the Identity Theft
Resource Center, in the U.S. alone, data breaches through September 30 were up by 27% over the same
period in 2020.
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