{"id":54666,"date":"2016-10-06T19:55:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T19:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=54666"},"modified":"2016-10-19T19:51:27","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T19:51:27","slug":"unprepared-cyber-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/unprepared-cyber-criminals\/","title":{"rendered":"78% of IT Decision Makers Aren’t Prepared for Cyber Criminals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cyber criminals attack in various ways, and a vast majority of IT departments aren’t ready…<\/h3>\n

In a study, shared by Healthcare IT News,<\/a> 94% of IT decision makers reported being aware of the cyber security risks their companies are facing.\u00a0 However, almost half of them do\u00a0not have a preventative cyber security plan in place.\u00a0 Of those who do, only\u00a022% of IT decision makers feel confident with their plan.\u00a0 Fifty-one percent of those polled, do not have a strategy in place for blackmailing malware, such as ransomware.<\/p>\n

This data is worrisome on several different levels.\u00a0 First, almost all of these decision makers are aware, there is a risk.\u00a0 But yet almost half are not being proactive with their cyber security plans.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 I can’t answer that, but it is most certainly a question they need to ask themselves.\u00a0 Of those who do have a plan, over half are lacking confidence in its efficiency.\u00a0 What are they doing about it?\u00a0 Are these decision makers unaware of alternative solutions?\u00a0 We can’t answer that either.\u00a0 And lastly, over half of IT decision makers do not have a plan for a ransomware attack.\u00a0 This is concerning.\u00a0 The FBI projects ransoms paid to ransomware hackers to be $1 billion dollars this year alone.\u00a0 This number is only increasing.\u00a0 So why are our IT departments not prepared?\u00a0 Ransomware is spreading, making the threat greater than ever.\u00a0 Being prepared and properly securing your data has never been more important.<\/p>\n

So what’s the hold up for these IT decision makers?<\/p>\n

Perhaps they don’t believe they’ll be the next victim.\u00a0 Perhaps they are unaware of a better security solution.\u00a0 Perhaps, they don’t know about PC Matic Pro<\/a>\u00a0and its ability to effectively block ransomware attacks with its application whitelisting technology<\/a>.\u00a0 Perhaps now is the time to protect yourself against today’s cyber criminals.<\/p>\n

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Cyber criminals attack in various ways, and a vast majority of IT departments aren’t ready… In a study, shared by Healthcare IT News, 94% of IT decision makers reported being aware of the cyber security risks their companies are facing.\u00a0 However, almost half of them do\u00a0not have a preventative cyber security plan in place.\u00a0 Of 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