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Insights From the Cyberthreat Defense Report 2021
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Respondents selected up to three.
Increased speed of deploying application updates
Increased speed of deploying new applications
Improved relations between DevOps and SecOps personnel
Reduced costs
Fewer application security vulnerabilities / risks
47.2%
45.8%
42.9%
38.5%
38.3%
Organizations embracing DevSecOps
highlight these as the biggest benefits.
BENEFITS OF DevSecOps
API gateway /
protection
#1
Web application
firewall (WAF)
#2
Database
firewall
#3
Most widely used today
Bot
management
#1
File integrity /
activity monitoring
(FIM / FAM)
#2
Most planned for acquisition
RISING STARS AND ESTABLISHED STARS
APPLICATION AND DATA SECURITY TECHNOLOGY
Unauthorized
ad injections
23.0%
Digital
skimming /
Magecart
attacks
29.6%
Carding /
payment fraud
attacks
35.3%
Malicious
browser
extensions
37.6%
Personally
identifiable
information (PII)
harvesting
39.7%
Account
takeover /
credential stuffing
attacks
43.7%
Respondents selected up to three.
Organizations are most concerned about these attacks on websites.
WORRIES ABOUT WEB AND MOBILE ATTACKS
Ranked on a scale of 1 to 5, 5 being of most concern.
Malware (viruses, worms, Trojans)
Ransomware
Phishing / spear-phishing attacks
Account takeover / credential abuse attacks
Denial of service (DoS / DDoS) attacks
Advanced persistent threats (APTs) / targeted attacks
Web application attacks (SQL injections, cross-site scripting)
4.04
3.99
3.99
3.98
3.98
3.97
3.94
Organizations are anxious about these cyberthreats.
Malware, account takeover, ransomware, and phishing lead the list.
MOST FEARED CYBERTHREATS
MOST CHALLENGING IT SECURITY FUNCTIONS
Organizations are least confident about their defenses in these areas.
Third-party risk management is rated as the greatest concern.
Detection of
advanced /
sophisticated
threats
Brand
protection
Incident
investigation
and response
Third-party risk
management
(TPRM)
Attack surface
reduction (patch
management,
pen testing)
Insights from the
Cyberthreat Defense Report
2021
CyberEdge Group’s eighth annual Cyberthreat Defense Report reveals how
IT security professionals perceive the security posture of their organizations
and the challenges they face establishing effective cyberthreat defenses.
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