According to a new Bitdefender study, more than two-fifths (42%) of IT professionals have been told to keep security breaches secret, which can increase the risk of regulatory compliance.
A security vendor surveyed 400 IT professionals, ranging from junior IT managers to CISOs, across industry sectors at organizations with over 1,000 employees.
result report, Bitdefender 2023 Cybersecurity Ratingmore than half (52%) have experienced a data breach or breach in the last 12 months, rising to 75% in the United States.
The United States also topped the list of respondents (71%) who claimed to have been told to keep the breach confidential. All other countries surveyed (France, Italy, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) had this figure below the global average.
Separately, nearly a third (30%) of respondents said they harbored a breach even though they knew it needed to be reported. This number is again significantly higher in the United States (55%).
There are breach notification requirements in all US states and throughout the EU when an incident involves an individual’s personally identifiable information (PII).
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Failure to properly disclose infringement presents several challenges. This means that governments, law enforcement and others may be underestimating the level of cyber threat activity, which could put the company in legal jeopardy if the incident is eventually discovered. There is a possibility
The massive Uber data breach of 2016 is a good example. Attempts to cover up the case compounded the final repercussions, leading to the former CSO’s conviction.
More than half (55%) of respondents to Bitdefender’s survey said they were worried about their company facing legal action because of a breach that was improperly managed.
The top security threats they highlighted were software vulnerabilities and/or zero-days (53%), followed by phishing/social engineering threats (52%) and attacks targeting the supply chain (49%). rice field.
Bitdefender Deputy General Manager Andrei Florescu said: Business Solution Group.
