Nowadays Organizations are not powerful at competent Phishing and Ransomware Threats. During this pandemic, every country is facing this issue. So, Osterman Research Firm conducted research based on Mid-size and large organizations in the US has taken interviews with 130 cybersecurity professionals and concluded with some statistical data about Phishing & Ransomware threats.

The Researcher asked the question to employees associated with ransomware and phishing starting from defensive endpoints from malware contamination to ensuring activate patching of all systems with the rate of their effectiveness in 17 key best practices.

According to the research key takeaways are as follows:

• 37% — considered highly effective
• 72% — are ineffective in preventing at home infrastructure from being a conduit for attacks on corporate networks
• 50% — graded ineffective at tackling phishing and ransomware.

Frequency of phishing and ransomware:

• 53% — Business email compromise (BEC) attack
• 47% — Account compromise
• 49% — Phishing messages resulting in malware infection

For More Information: Are organizations countering phishing and ransomware threats in the USA?