{"id":2057,"date":"2018-09-25T10:09:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T09:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/?p=2057"},"modified":"2019-11-27T11:15:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T11:15:46","slug":"cyber-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/blog\/cyber-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2018 Cyber-Security Breaches Survey Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following figures are a brief overview of the most relevant statistics found in this year&#8217;s Cyber-Security Breaches Survey, commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport. At a glance, this document features the prevalence of cyber-attacks in the past 12 months among UK businesses and charities, describes factors related to breach likelihood, outlines the impacts of the most disruptive breaches and highlights the value of investing in cyber-security with initiatives such as cyber-insurance. Overall, this year&#8217;s findings illustrate the rising occurrence of cyber-attacks among all UK organisations, regardless of size or industry, as well as the damaging aftermath. Contact us today to discuss your organisation&#8217;s options for the best cyber-insurance policy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Experience of Breaches<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>43% of businesses<\/strong> and <strong>19% of charities<\/strong> experienced cyber-security breaches or attacks within the past 12 months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Financial Cost of Breaches<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The average cost of breaches with material outcomes in the past 12 months:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>All businesses<\/strong>&#8211; \u00a33,100<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charities<\/strong>&#8211; \u00a31,030<\/li>\n<li><strong>Medium businesses<\/strong>&#8211; \u00a316,100<\/li>\n<li><strong>Large businesses<\/strong>&#8211; \u00a322,300<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Factors Related to Likelihood of Breaches<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Holding personal data on customers, beneficiaries or donors electronically.<\/li>\n<li>Using cloud computing (using externally hosted web services to host websites, email, or transfer and store data).<\/li>\n<li>Allowing employees to use their own devices for work purposes (bring your own device or BYOD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Most Disruptive Breaches<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Most disruptive breaches for organisations in the past 12 months:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fraudulent emails or direction to fraudulent websites.<\/li>\n<li>Viruses, spyware or malware.<\/li>\n<li>Others impersonating an organisation in emails or online.<\/li>\n<li>Ransomware.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Impact of Breaches<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>37% of businesses<\/strong> and <strong>40% of charities<\/strong> that experienced a breach or attack reported suffering negative impacts. Such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Temporary loss of access to files or networks.<\/li>\n<li>Software or systems corrupted or damaged.<\/li>\n<li>Website or online services being taken down or slowed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Investing in Cyber-Security<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Only <strong>9% of businesses<\/strong> and <strong>4% of charities<\/strong> have a specific cyber-security insurance policy.<\/p>\n<p>Top reasons for organisations not purchasing cyber-insurance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Organisations don&#8217;t feel they are at risk (<strong>41% of businesses<\/strong> and <strong>53% of charities<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li>Lack of awareness of available policies (<strong>22% of businesses<\/strong> and <strong>17% of charities<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Why You Need Cyber-Insurance<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Privacy events.<\/li>\n<li>Network security liability.<\/li>\n<li>Cyber-crime.<\/li>\n<li>Network business interruption.<\/li>\n<li>Physical asset damage.<\/li>\n<li>Reputational damage.<\/li>\n<li>Cyber-extortion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For-profit Business<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>For any queries regarding a current or future insurance policy call us on\u00a0<strong><a href=\"tel:01914821219\"><span class=\"phoneNumberHeader InfinityNumber\">0191 482 1219<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0or fill in a contact form on our\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/\">website.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Charities &amp; Not-for-profits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/who-we-cover\/charity-cyber-insurance\/\"><em><strong>charities and not-for-profits get comprehensive cyber insurance here.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 26px;\" width=\"365\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 116.016px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NCinsurance.Brokers\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/facebook.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 116.016px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_ncinsurance?lang=en-gb\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2010\" src=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/twitter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 116.016px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/ncinsurance\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LinkedIn-e1534950198720.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"103\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following figures are a brief overview of the most relevant statistics found in this year&#8217;s Cyber-Security Breaches Survey, commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport. 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