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The number of attacks with ransomware and the damage resulting from such attacks are increasing
On 30 October during the ESET Security Days, EYE presented the results of their research about the effectiveness of various cyber security solutions for SMEs. The need for good solutions is evident from the figures: both the number of attacks with ransomware and the damage resulting from such attacks are increasing rapidly. Here you find the conclusions of their research.
Effectiveness of various solutions
In particular, solutions based on network detection score insufficient. These are so-called "boxes" that you place in your network. For example, it turned out that a widely used network sensor for small and medium-sized businesses recognized only 4% of all phishing domains and was unable to stop ransomware. Traffic to the dark web was also not considered suspicious. “There are big differences between the solutions that are offered,” says Vaisha Bernard, cybersecurity specialist at EYE. “But the problem is that few people understand exactly what such a solution does. As a result, there are all kinds of solutions on the market that look good, but don't actually work at all.”