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Cyber Attacks on the Rise in Media Biz Since Sony Hack: Survey (Exclusive)
Findings exclusively provided to Variety by PwC from its forthcoming annual Global State of Information Security Survey portray an industry that may be far more focused on cybersecurity, yet still beleaguered by invasions from both inside and outside their companies.
Of the 319 execs in the media business surveyed worldwide in May and June, 46% reported having been subject to cyberattacks over the past year from third parties such as hackers that targeted digital media in advance of a major launch such as theatrical or DVD releases (see chart below).
When asked the same question last year, only 29% reported such incursions.
Hackers aren’t the only people media companies need to worry about; their own employees are becoming a more worrisome threat over the past year, according to 45% of those surveyed, as are vendors that work with the company (37%).
Both employees and vendors were moderately less problematic last year, considering 2015 survey results.
The increasing threat has ignited a wave of higher spending in entertainment companies’ security budgets, with the average total information security budget jumping from $3.6 million last year to $4.5 million this year.
Average total financial losses as a result of security incidents, however, dropped from $2.3 million to $1.9 million.
Respondents indicated that they appreciated Big Data security results, as it provided them with improved understanding of both external and internal security threats, prioritizing the two almost equally above Big Data’s other benefits (like understanding of user behavior or prior detection of threats).
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Survey Finds 47% of Companies and Government Agencies Have Been Breached in Last Two Years
IID, the source for clear cyberthreat intelligence, today announced the immediate availability of the IID and Ponemon Institute survey entitled, “Exchanging Cyber Threat Intelligence: There Has to Be a Better Way.” The second annual survey includes insight from 692 IT and IT security professionals from both global businesses and government agencies, who answered more than three-dozen questions around threat intelligence sharing.
The majority of organizations where those employees work have more than 1,000 employees.
– Exchanging threat intelligence is imperative and good for the U.S.
– Timeliness is the most important threat intelligence quality
– Most using free sources, but not confident in data
– Issues are still stopping the exchange of threat intelligence
To download the complete survey findings, go to internetidentity.com.Stock trades at over 10x sales with an increasing share count.
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Cybersecurity: The Hottest Millennial Career Track
It seems as if every week a major corporation, government office or retailer suffers from a hacking, resulting in compromised personal information for millions of employees or customers.
According to a recent survey from Raytheon (RTN), 79% of U.S. businesses suffered a cybersecurity incident within the last year.
Raytheon’s survey found that 41% of Millennials are interested in cybersecurity careers provided they know what the job entails.
Up until now, it’s easy to envision cybersecurity professionals as “loners sitting in a dark room” says Maclin.
Raytheon cites that exposing students to cybersecurity studies earlier in their education can help with the perception.
But Millennials are interested in the profession–they just have a difficult time accessing the field.
According to Raytheon, the majority of Millennials are not exposed to careers in cybersecurity during their education.
The survey found that 64% of Millennials had never heard about cybersecurity careers from a teacher, while 43% said that there were no cybersecurity programs or activities available to them in school.
And there’s a gap within the gap, with just 33% of female Millennials aware of cybersecurity professions compared to 51% of men.
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