A new report by CyberEdge Group singles out advanced security analytics as the most most popular new security technology for this year, with 47% security professionals planning to invest in this technology in the coming year.
The report found that 78% of organizations were at the receiving end of a successful cyber attack in the past 12 months, which is 1% higher than the number from last year’s report. Ransomware affected 56% of firms, also a 1% increase over last year, while the number of targeted companies that decided to pay the ransom jumped from 39% to 45%.
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