A Third Of Organizations Admit To Covering Up Data Breaches
VentureBeat, April, 6th 2023
In a world where cybercrime is becoming more difficult to prevent, many security leaders are putting pressure on IT professionals to bury the truth.
New research released by cybersecurity vendor Bitdefender today surveyed over 400 IT and security professionals who work in companies with 1,000 or more employees. Bitdefender found that 42% of IT and security professionals surveyed had been told to keep breaches confidential - i.e., to cover them up - when they should have been reported.
Perhaps even more shockingly, 29.9% of respondents admitted to actually keeping a breach confidential instead of reporting it.