Cyber Security | LATAM
Key Findings
Common reasons for breaches #
69% of the respondents reported internal process issues as the chief reason for security incidents.
![Common reasons for security incidents - LATAM](http://img.site24x7static.com/images/survey/security-incidents-reasons-latam.png)
Security issues faced in the last 12 months #
An equal number (31%) of respondents reported instances of DDoS attacks, data theft, unauthorized access, and OWASP related issues.
![Security issues organizations faced in the last twelve months - LATAM](http://img.site24x7static.com/images/survey/security-issues-faced-latam.png)
OWASP web application security risks #
Six of the risks listed in the OWASP top ten document received nods from 50% of respondents.
![What OWASP issues organizations faced - LATAM](http://img.site24x7static.com/images/survey/owasp-issues-latam.png)
cybersecurity investment areas #
When it comes to strengthening cyber security, investment areas like cloud security takes the top spot (73%), followed by consolidation—54% of respondents chose identity management, threat management, and network and application security.
![Areas organizations are investing in to improve security - LATAM](http://img.site24x7static.com/images/survey/cyber-security-investment-avenue-latam.png)
Risk Mitigation | LATAM
Key Findings
Infrastructure security risk mitigation #
85% of the respondents reported implementing VPN access as the top recommendation to mitigate infrastructure security risk, followed by having a solution for infrastructure security monitoring (62%).
![Mitigating infrastructure security risk - LATAM](http://img.site24x7static.com/images/infrastructure-security-risk-mitigation-latam.png)
Application security risk mitigation #
83% of the respondents reported using a web application firewall (WAF) as the top recommendation to mitigate application security risk, followed by using external tools to monitor application security (58%).
![Mitigating application security risk - LATAM](http://img.site24x7static.com/images/application-security-risk-mitigation-latam.png)