Cyber Security | Europe

Key Findings

Common reasons for breaches #

52% of the respondents reported insecure applications as the chief reason for security incidents.

Common reasons for security incidents - EU

Security issues faced in the last 12 months #

35% of respondents said their organizations faced DDoS attacks in the last 12 months.

Security issues organizations faced in the last twelve months - EU

OWASP web application security risks #

77% of the respondents reported implementing robust password policies as the top recommendation to mitigate infrastructure security risk, followed by immediately updating security patches (70%) and implementing VPN access (67%).

What OWASP issues organizations faced - EU

cybersecurity investment areas #

When it comes to strengthening cyber security, investment areas like cloud security takes the top spot (74%), followed by network and application security (64%), threat management (45%), and identity management (42%).

Areas organizations are investing in to improve security - EU

Risk Mitigation | Europe

Key Findings

Infrastructure security risk mitigation #

80% of the respondents reported using a web application firewall (WAF) as the top recommendation to mitigate application security risk, followed by having strong authentication techniques (63%).

Mitigating infrastructure security risk - EU

Application security risk mitigation #

80% of the respondents reported using a web application firewall (WAF) as the top recommendation to mitigate application security risk, followed by having strong authentication techniques (63%).

Mitigating application security risk - EU