Survey: 20% of Defense Contractors at Risk for Ransomware Attack (Alexandra Kelley, Nextgov)

November 18, 2021

A survey featuring some of the United States’ top defense contractors suggests that about 20% of them are “highly susceptible” to a ransomware attack, with 42% having experienced a data breach in 2020 alone.

This data comes from Black Kite, a cybersecurity research firm. Survey respondents included defense contractors working in financial services, health care, manufacturing, critical infrastructure and business services. Report authors evaluated each company on their cybersecurity protocols and procedures to determine an industrywide index grade across defense contractors.

Survey: 20% of Defense Contractors at Risk for Ransomware Attack – Nextgov

Marco Emanuele

Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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