The truth is that any company harboring sensitive customer information could become the target of a sophisticated cyber criminal. That being said, there are certainly industries that are more vulnerable to attacks. Let’s take a closer look at four of the most vulnerable industries—financial services, healthcare, insurance and retail.

1. How Vulnerable is Your
Industry to Cyber Crime?

2. Any company harboring sensitive customer
data could become a target of a sophisticated
cyber attacker.
That being said,certain industries are still
more vulnerable to attacks.

3. Let’s take a look at 4 of the most
vulnerable industries:
Financial
Services
Healthcare Insurance Retail

4. 1. Financial Services Attacks

5. *Data Source: Websense Security Labs Report
Financial services and banking companies are
300%* more likely to experience a data breach
than the average company.

6. *Data Source: Websense Security Labs Report
33%* of all lure-stage attacks (phishing and
other social engineering) are launched against
financial services.

7. Cyber insurance is often used as an excuse not
to upgrade security systems in the finance
industry - so make sure your network defenses
are prepared for sophisticated attacks.

8. 2. Healthcare Cyber Crime

9. *Data Source: Websense Security Labs Report
Since electronic health records (EHRs) came
onto the scene in 2009,breaches of healthcare
systems have cost the industry $50 billion and
compromised 94 million records*.

10. *Data Source: Websense Security Labs Report
Healthcare is 400%* more likely than average to
be targeted by advanced malware attacks.

11. *Data Source: Websense Security Labs Report
The healthcare sector is 74% more likely to be
impacted by phishing schemes such as FakeBank.

12. 3. The Insurance Industry

13. The insurance industry may not have as many
cyber security reports available,but that doesn’t
mean cyber crime isn’t targeting it...

14. In 2015 alone,health insurance providers*
Anthem and Premera experienced data breaches
resulting in 100 million compromised personally
identifiable information (PII) files.
*Data Source: PropertyCasualty360

15. 4. The Retail Industry

16. The retail industry has been the target of some
of the most devastating data breaches in history
- including Target and Home Depot.

17. *Data Source: IBM Security
Cyber attack volume has dropped significantly,
but breaches of 10 million or more records
increased by 43% between 2013 and 2014.

18. *Data Source: IBM Security
In 2014,retail data breaches resulted in over
61 million compromised records - fewer than 2013,
but still a near record high.

19. Why No Industry is Immune to
Data Breaches

20. Whether you’re in a high-target industry or
increasingly vulnerable industries such as energy or
education,you could be the next target of an attack.

21. The key to modern cyber security is not to shy away
from the danger - but to attack problems head on.

22. Updating your security measures with a
proactive Deceptions Everywhere®
approach can be a game changer
for your defense systems.

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