Global Threat Report

Extended enterprise under threat

Published February 2021

GlobalThreatReport

The global cyber threat landscape has escalated. In this, our third Global Threat Report, we find that attack frequency has reached unprecedented levels; 90% of security professionals said the volume of attacks they faced has increased. Attackers are employing a more diverse range of tactics and techniques than ever before as they bid to extort, disrupt and infiltrate organizations.

The considerable leap in attack frequency and sustained increase in sophistication revealed in this iteration of the report shows that, however fast global businesses may be adapting to the intensifying environment, the cyber threat landscape is evolving faster. 80% of security professionals say attacks have become more sophisticated, 18% of those say they have become significantly more advanced.