Stop a Major Source of Cyber Crime With MXDR
As technology advances, so do attackers.
The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) recorded over 3,200 data breaches in 2023, 78% more than in 2022. MGM Resorts, T-Mobile, Johnson Controls, and thousands of other companies faced ransomware demands in the tens of millions, showing that even the most prominent companies are vulnerable.
Attacks continue to grow in scale, and companies must adapt or face dire financial and reputational harm. Before they can identify how to adapt, however, they need to take a long, hard look at what’s driving the worsening cybersecurity situation.
The Cybersecurity Problem Starts Here
Most companies believe their IT team can handle cybersecurity without realizing how vulnerable they really are. There’s an Achilles heel that many overlook or underestimate.
The current generation of software developers hasn’t been prepared to face the dynamic threat environment created by hackers, leaving whatever they develop open to exploitation as a result. https://hbr.org/2019/08/every-computer-science-degree-should-require-a-course-in-cybersecurityResearch from 2019 revealed that 23 of the top 24 Computer Science universities in the US. required zero mandatory cybersecurity courses. Shockingly, four years later, that list hasn’t changed at all.
The top undergraduate developers go on to write vital code at billion-dollar companies and small businesses alike. They need to know how to safeguard their code. Instead, they lack fundamental cybersecurity training, leaving their products—and any company that relies on those products—open to hacks.
Today's software developers could prevent many hacks if they had just a basic understanding of cybersecurity. Since they don’t, security teams have to pick up the slack...and many are struggling to keep up.
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