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Cyberattacks Remain on the Rise – How Can the

Corporate World Remain Proactive?

By Geoffrey Lottenberg

Imagine a swarm of termites secretly and incessantly feeding on your home. In relative silence, your
home is under attack, 24 hours a day. By the time you detect the bugs, your door frames have turned to
dust and your joists have failed. Cybercriminals are like termites. Relentless. Sure, you can repair the
house after the walls crumble down, but what if you had detected the infiltration earlier and prevented
catastrophic failure? This is the key question modern cybersecurity professionals are asking themselves
every day.

The Common Foe

It has been recently reported that only 10-20% of American hospitals have a meaningful cybersecurity
program – a scary thought given hospitals process an enormous amount of financial and personal health
information. For other industries outside of the tech industry, this number is likely far worse. Many

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