Penetration Testing Statistics 2024 – Everything You Need to Know

• Bill / invoice 15.9% Email delivery failure 15.3% Legal / law enforcement 13.2% Scanned document 11.5% Package delivery. ^[2]
• 7% bill / invoice 3% email delivery failure notice 4% package delivery. ^[2]

Penetration Testing Latest Statistics

• Network perimeter testing Attempts to breach the network perimeter and obtain access to LAN resources were successful in 92 percent of external pentests. ^[3]
• 75 percent of penetration vectors are caused by poor protection of web resources. ^[3]
• On 63 percent of systems, weak Wi Fi security enabled accessing resources on the LAN. ^[3]
• In 2018, the network perimeter of 92 percent of companies was breached during external pentesting. ^[3]
• Network traffic analysis was performed at 78 percent of clients. ^[3]
• For instance, 86 percent of tested systems failed to protect the NBNS and LLMNR protocols. ^[3]
• On internal infrastructure, outof date OS versions were the most frequent occurrence, being found on 44 percent of tested systems. ^[3]
• A significant number of employees (14%). ^[3]
• Morgan Stanley, Carbanak, Experian and Scottrade lost the data of roughly 50 million users combined; global estimated losses are in the billions. ^[4]
• Only 5.3% of cyberattacks against financial institutions are successful, but that is because the financial sector was full of early adopters of penetration testing and cybersecurity. ^[4]
• A total of 38.9% off all successful cyberattacks in 2015 were against medical institutions, the highest rate out of all industries. ^[4]
• Medical centers spend less than 10% of their total IT budget on cybersecurity; a figure that is sure to rise after the onslaught of ransomware attacks that plagued the U.S. early in 2016. ^[4]
• Online services comprise 35.1% of all successful cyberattacks, both personal and corporate. ^[4]
• In 2015, United States businesses lost a combined and estimated $525 million, while the global loses are likely in the high billions, all because of cybercrime. ^[4]
• At 93 percent of companies, our pentesters succeeded in breaching the network perimeter and accessing the local network. ^[1]
• At 71 percent of companies, even an unskilled hacker would be able to penetrate the internal network. ^[1]
• Three quarters of penetration vectors (77%). ^[1]
• Our pentesters discovered at least one such vector at 86 percent of companies. ^[1]
• In our 2019 external pentests, we were able to access the local network at 93 percent of tested organizations. ^[1]
• At 71 percent of companies, there was at least one easy penetration vector. ^[1]
• In 77 percent of cases, penetration vectors involved insufficient protection of web applications. ^[1]
• At least one such vector was present at 86 percent of companies. ^[1]
• At 25 percent of companies, identifiers for web applications that use domain authentication were bruteforced via the Autodiscover service in Microsoft Exchange Client Access Server by performing a timing attack. ^[1]
• Zero day vulnerabilities allowed penetration at 14 percent of companies. ^[1]
• Concerning our client typology, almost 50% are startups. ^[5]
• We have conducted around 200 penetration tests during 2020 and about 40% of the pentest were performed for repeat clients. ^[5]
• We noted that 29% of targets had at least one critical vulnerability, 44% had one or more important vulnerabilities, 47% had one or more medium vulnerabilities, 62% had medium, important or critical vulnerabilities. ^[5]
• From a more global point of view, on all the flaws found, 11% were critical vulnerabilities, 19% were important vulnerabilities, 20% were medium vulnerabilities, 40% were weak vulnerabilities, 10% were information level vulnerabilities. ^[5]
• 20% of pentests were followed by a verification phase. ^[5]
• According to a report recently published by Accenture, the cost of hacking is estimated at $11.45 million dollars yearly per organization. ^[6]
• 81% of surveyed business … Read More. ^[6]
• 92% of malware is delivered by email. ^[2]
• Mobile malware on the rise with the number of new malware variants for mobile increased by 54% in 2018. ^[2]
• Third party app stores host 99.9% of discovered mobile malware. ^[2]
• 98% of mobile malware target Android devices. ^[2]
• Over the last year, MacOS malware has increased by 165%. ^[2]
• Malware development rates for Windows decreased by 11.6% since reaching an all time high in 2015. ^[2]
• Malware is still the preferred distribution model, used 71.14% of the time over the last 12 months, while PUAs were only used in 28.86% of instances. ^[2]
• Gamut spambot was the most frequently used, with over 86% of all spambot cases involving its use. ^[2]
• Over the last year, 36% of these servers were hosted in America, while 24% were hosted in undefined countries. ^[2]
• Trojans make up 51.45% of all malware. ^[2]
• 230,000 new malware samples are produced every day and this is predicted to only keep growing. ^[2]
• Overall business detections of malware rose 79% from 2017 due to an increase in backdoors, miners, spyware, and information stealers. ^[2]
• 34% of businesses hit with malware took a week or more to regain access to their data. ^[2]
• 90% of financial institutions reported being targeted by malware in 2018. ^[2]
• Ransomware attacks worldwide rose 350% in 2018. ^[2]
• Ransomware attacks are estimated to cost $6 trillion annually by 2021. ^[2]
• 50% of a surveyed 582 information security professionals do not believe their organization is prepared to repel a ransomware attack. ^[2]
• 81% of cyber security experts believe there will be more ransomware attacks than ever in 2019. ^[2]
• 75% of companies infected with ransomware were running upto. ^[2]
• FedEx lost an estimated $300 million in Q1 2017 from the NotPetya ransomware attack. ^[2]
• 25% of business executives would be willing to pay between $20,000 and $50,000 to regain access to encrypted data 30% of organizations who pay the ransom receive all of their money back. ^[2]
• 40% of ransomware victims paid the ransom. ^[2]
• More than 50% of ransoms were paid by bitcoin in 2018. ^[2]
• 10% of all ransom demands are over $5,000. ^[2]
• Of the 1,100 IT professionals surveyed, 90% had clients that suffered ransomware attacks in the past year. ^[2]
• 40% had clients that were subject to at least 6 ransomware attacks. ^[2]
• In 2019 ransomware from phishing emails increased 109% over 2017. ^[2]
• 25% of businesses are estimated to have been victims of cryptojacking. ^[2]
• 25% of the WordPress plugins among Alexa’s most popular sites are flagged with critical vulnerabilities that could allow mining botnets in. ^[2]
• 43% of the IT professionals said they had been targeted by social engineering schemes in the last year. ^[2]
• New employees are the most susceptible to socially engineered attacks, with 60% of IT professionals citing recent hires as being at high risk. ^[2]
• 21% of current or former employees use social engineering to gain a financial advantage, for revenge, out of curiosity or for fun. ^[2]
• Social engineering attempts spiked more than 500% from the first to second quarter of 2018. ^[2]
• Social media 2.5 billion records, or 56% Government 1.2 billion records, or 27%. ^[2]
• 56% of IT decision makers say targeted phishing attacks are their top security threat. ^[2]
• 83% of global infosec respondents experienced phishing attacks in 2018, an increase from 76% in 2017. ^[2]
• 30% of phishing messages get opened by targeted users and 12% of those users click on the malicious attachment or link. ^[2]
• Only 3% of targeted users report malicious emails to management. ^[2]
• 53% of IT and security professionals say they have experienced a targeted phishing attack in 2017. ^[2]
• Credential compromise rose 70% over 2017, and they’ve soared 280% since 2016. ^[2]
• 50% of phishing sites now using HTTPS. ^[2]
• The most common malicious attachment types Office 38% Archive 37% PDF. ^[2]
• The volume of email fraud that organizations receive has increased 8% yearover. ^[2]
• 66% of malware is installed via malicious email attachments. ^[2]
• 49% of nonpointof sale malware was installed via malicious email. ^[2]
• 21% of ransomware involved social actions, such as phishing. ^[2]
• 30% of phishing messages were opened in 2016 – up from 23% in the 2015 report. ^[2]
• In 2017, cyber crime costs accelerated with organizations spending nearly 23% more than 2016 on average about $11.7 million. ^[2]
• From 2016 to 2017 there was a 22.7 % increase in cyber security costs. ^[2]
• The average global cost of cyber crime increased by over 27% in 2017. ^[2]
• The most expensive component of a cyber attack is information loss, which represents 43% of costs. ^[2]
• The root causes of data breaches for small businesses broke out as following Negligent employee or contractor 48%. ^[2]
• Third party mistakes 41% Error in system or operating process. ^[2]
• Don’t know External attacks 27%. ^[2]
• Other 2% 95% of breached records came from three industries in 2016. ^[2]
• Recent data breach statistics found that 63% of successful attacks come from internal sources, either control, errors, or fraud. ^[2]
• 33% of data breaches involved social engineering. ^[2]
• 43% of data breaches involved small businesses. ^[2]
• Targeted emails, or spear phishing, is reported by businesses to be used in 91% of successful data breaches and 95% of all enterprise networks. ^[2]
• 29.6% of companies will experience a data breach in the next two years. ^[2]
• The average cost of lost business for organizations in the 2019 study was $1.42 million, which represents 36 percent of the total average cost. ^[2]
• Breaches caused a customer turnover of 3.9% in 2019. ^[2]
• 36% of breaches were in the medical or healthcare industry in 2019. ^[2]
• 69% of those in the healthcare industry believe they are at great risk for a data breach than other industries. ^[2]
• Banks were the target 47% of financial data breaches. ^[2]
• Share prices fall 7.27% on average, and underperform the NASDAQ by. ^[2]
• 21% of all files are not protected in any way. ^[2]
• 41% of companies have over 1,000 sensitive files including credit card numbers and health records left unprotected. ^[2]
• 70% of organizations say that they believe their security risk increased significantly in 2017. ^[2]
• 50% of the security risk that organizations face stems from having multiple security vendors and products. ^[2]
• 65% of companies have over 500 users who never are never prompted to change their passwords. ^[2]
• Ransomware attacks are growing more than 350% annually. ^[2]
• IoT attacks were up 600% in 2017. ^[2]
• 61 percent of breach victims in 2017 were businesses with under 1,000 employees. ^[2]
• 2017 represented an 80% increase in new malware on Mac computers. ^[2]
• In 2017 there was a 13% overall increase in reported system vulnerabilities. ^[2]
• 2017 brought a 29% Increase in industrial control system–related vulnerabilities. ^[2]
• Coin mining represented the biggest growth area in cybercrime in 2017, with antivirus detections up 8,500% 90% of remote code execution attacks are associated with crypto mining. ^[2]
• 61% of organizations have experienced an IoT security incident. ^[2]
• 77% of compromised attacks in 2017 were fileless. ^[2]
• 69% of companies see compliance mandates driving spending. ^[2]
• 88% of companies spent more than $1 million on preparing for the GDPR. ^[2]
• 25% of organizations have a standalone security department. ^[2]
• 54% of companies experienced an industrial control system security incident. ^[2]
• Cyber criminals will steal an estimated 33 billion records in 2024. ^[2]
• In 2017 there were over 130 large scale, targeted breaches in the U.S. per year, and that number is growing by 27% per year. ^[2]
• 31% of organizations have experienced cyber attacks on operational technology infrastructure. ^[2]
• U.S. government to spend $15 billion on cyber security related activities in 2019 up 4% over the previous year. ^[2]
• 43% of cyber attacks target small business. ^[2]
• 47% of small businesses had at lease on cyber attack in the past year, 44% of those had two to four attacks. ^[2]
• 70% of small businesses are unprepared to deal with a cyber attack. ^[2]
• 66% of small business are very concerned about cyber security risk. ^[2]
• 85% of small businesses plan to increase spending on managed security services. ^[2]
• 51% of small businesses say they are not allocating any budget to cyber security. ^[2]
• 58% of malware attack victims are categorized as small businesses. ^[2]
• Ransomware damage costs alone are on track to hit $11.5 billion in 2019, at which point it’s estimated that small businesses will fall victim to a ransomware attack every 14 seconds. ^[2]
• 4% of malware sent to small businesses is delivered via email. ^[2]
• 1.1% legal/law enforcement message 0.3% scanned document. ^[2]
• 60% of small businesses say attacks are becoming more severe and more sophisticated. ^[2]
• Only 14% of small businesses rate their ability to mitigate cyber risks, vulnerabilities and attacks as highly effective. ^[2]
• 60% of small companies go out of business within six months of a cyber attack. ^[2]
• 48% of data security breaches are caused by acts of malicious intent. ^[2]
• Small businesses are most concerned about the security of customer data Consumer records 66% Intellectual property 49% Customer credit or debit card information 46%. ^[2]
• Employee records 8% Business correspondence 5%. ^[2]
• The types of cyber attacks on small businesses broke out as following Web. ^[2]
• Phishing / social engineering 43% General malware 35% SQL injection 26%. ^[2]
• Denial of services 21% Advance malware / zero day attacks 14%. ^[2]
• Malicious insider 13% Cross. ^[2]
• Other 1% 68% store email addresses 64% store phone numbers. ^[2]
• 69% of small businesses do not strictly enforce password policies. ^[2]
• 16% of small businesses say they had only reviewed their cyber security posture after they were hit by an attack. ^[2]
• Only 16% of small business are very confident in their cyber security readiness. ^[2]
• Strategy – 52% of small business have a clearly defined strategy around cyber security. ^[2]
• Accountability – 23% of small businesses have a leadership role dedicated to cyber, whereas 46% have no defined role at all. ^[2]
• Willingness to respond – 65% of small businesses have failed to act following a cyber security incident. ^[2]
• Training – 32% of small businesses have conducted phishing experiments to assess employee behavior and readiness in the event of an attack. ^[2]
• Insurance – 21% of small businesses have a standalone cyber insurance policy, compared to 58% of large companies. ^[2]
• 67% of financial institutions reported an increase in cyber attacks over the past year. ^[2]
• 26% of financial enterprises faced a destructive attack. ^[2]
• 79% of financial CISOs said threat actors are deploying more sophisticated attacks. ^[2]
• 21% suffered a watering hole attack in the last year. ^[2]
• 32% of financial institutions encountered island hopping, is leveraging one compromised organization to gain entry into another. ^[2]
• 25% of all malware attacks hit banks and other financial industries, more than any other industry Credit card compromised increased by 212% year over year, credential leaks experienced a similar increase of 129%, and malicious apps increased by 102%. ^[2]
• 47% of financial institutions reported an increase in wire transfer fraud. ^[2]
• 31% of financial institutions reported an increase in home equity loan fraud. ^[2]
• 79% of financial institutions said cybercriminals have become more sophisticated, leveraging highly targeted social engineering attacks. ^[2]
• 32% of financial institutions reported experiencing counter incident response. ^[2]
• 21% of financial institutions reported experiencing C2 on a sleep cycle. ^[2]
• 70% of financial institutions said they are most concerned about financially motivated attackers. ^[2]
• 30% of financial institutions said they are most concerned with nation. ^[2]
• Global attack types and sources on financial sectors Web attacks – 46% Service specific attacks – 28% DoS/DDoS 8%. ^[2]
• 69% of financial institution CISOs are planning to increase cyber security spending by 10% or more in 2019. ^[2]
• 47% of financial institution CISOs said their organizations are operating threat hunt teams. ^[2]
• 32% of financial institution CISOs said they conduct threat hunts on a monthly basis. ^[2]
• 70% of cyber crimes targeting surveyed financial institutions involve lateral movement. ^[2]
• 16% of healthcare providers report having “fully functional” security programs. ^[2]
• 43% admitted that they are either still developing security programs or have not developed one. ^[2]
• 93% of healthcare organizations are currently using some form of cloud services. ^[2]
• 63% plan to use multiple cloud vendors. ^[2]
• 20% of healthcare domain emails were fraudulent in 2017. ^[2]
• 82% of surveyed healthcare organizations say that security is a top concern. ^[2]
• 89% of healthcare organization had patient data lost or stolen in the past two years. ^[2]
• 54% of healthcare business associates say their top vulnerability is tied to employee negligence in handling patient information. ^[2]
• 81 percent of healthcare cyber security incidents are rooted in employee negligence. ^[2]
• 69% of healthcare organizations site negligent or careless employees as their top worry for security incidents, followed by cyber attacks (45%) and insecure mobile devices (30%). ^[2]
• The healthcare industry was the victim of 88%of all ransomware attacks in US industries in 2016. ^[2]
• 94% are now using some form of advanced technology to protect sensitive data. ^[2]
• 25% healthcare organizations using the public cloud report that they are not encrypting patient data. ^[2]
• 41% of higher education cyber security incidents and breaches were caused by social engineering attacks. ^[2]
• 43% have had student data attacked, including dissertation materials and exam results. ^[2]
• 25% have experienced critical intellectual property theft. ^[2]
• 28% have had grant holder research data attacked. ^[2]
• 87% have experienced at least one successful cyber attack. ^[2]
• 83% believe cyber attacks are increasing in frequency and sophistication. ^[2]
• 79% universities have experienced damage to reputation and almost 74% have had to halt a valuable research project as a result of a cyber attack. ^[2]
• 77% also say a cyber breach has the potential to impact national security, due to the potentially sensitive nature of the information which could been compromised. ^[2]
• 64% don’t believe their existing IT infrastructure will protect them against cyber attacks in next 12. ^[2]
• 27% see the current security of their data center as ‘inadequate’ and in urgent need of updating. ^[2]
• 85% of universities agree that more funding must be given to IT security to protect critical research IP. ^[2]
• On average, 30% of users in the education industry have fallen for phishing emails. ^[2]
• The education sector accounted for 13% of all data security breaches during the first half of 2017, resulting in the compromise of some 32 million personal records. ^[2]
• According to the official information, 31 terabytes of “valuable intellectual property and data” was exposed. ^[2]
• Nearly 98% of all cyber attacks rely on some form of social engineering to deliver a payload such as malware. ^[2]
• Therefore, threat actors distribute malware via email approximately 92% of the time. ^[2]
• 62% of businesses experienced phishing and social engineering attacks in 2018 with a new organization falling victim to ransomware every 14 seconds in 2019. ^[2]
• The total number of spear phishing campaigns targeting employees increased by 55%, which makes up 71% of all targeted attack on businesses. ^[2]
• Given the rise in phishing attacks it is estimated that 90% of incidences and breaches included a phishing element in 2019. ^[2]
• Cyberattacks on web applications increased by 52% in 2019 according to a report published in mid 2020 – Hackers are becoming well aware of the risks associated with the growing use of web applications. ^[7]
• More than 20% of all cyberattacks in 2020 were against web applications – Nearly 1 in 4 cyberattacks in 2020 targeted a web application. ^[7]
• Over 30% of Canadian organizations have seen a noticeable spike of cyberattacks during the pandemic –. ^[7]
• According to a survey conducted by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority , more than 30% of Canadian organizations faced a significant increase in cyberattacks during the COVID. ^[7]
• Ransomware attacks increased by 148% at the peak of the pandemic – Considering the rise in phishing. ^[7]
• Canada’s Cybersecurity Statistics For 2021 80% of companies in Canada were hit by a cyberattack between 2019 and 2020 –. ^[7]
• According to a survey conducted by CIRA, only 20% of Canadian companies did not record a cyberattack between 2019 and 2020. ^[7]
• 41% of Canadian organizations plan to conduct penetration testing to mitigate their cyber risks in 2020 and 2021 – Nearly half of companies plan to incorporate penetration tests into their risk management strategy for the upcoming year. ^[7]
• 66% of organizations in Canada hold sensitive data from their customers, employees, suppliers, vendors, or partners –. ^[7]
• 71% of all data breaches are financially motivated –. ^[7]
• 20% of data breaches are motivated by cyber espionage –. ^[7]
• According to Verizon’s yearly report, 20% of data breaches are motivated by cyber espionage, such as corporate espionage. ^[7]
• 25% of data breaches in 2020 involved phishing as a vector of attack –. ^[7]
• 62% of hospital administrators feel unprepared to deal with cyber risks –. ^[7]
• Considering the fact that hospitals spend 50% to 75% less on cybersecurity compared to other industries, administrators lack the necessary resources to protect their infrastructure against cyberattacks. ^[7]
• 24% of healthcare employees have never received cybersecurity awareness training –. ^[7]
• According to the 2024 X Force Threat Intelligence Index, phishing was the most common way that cyber criminals got inside an organization. ^[8]
• The Index also found that phishing was used in 41% of the attacks that X Force remediated in 2021. ^[8]
• That’s a 33% […] Data Protection 5 Data Security Challenges and How to Solve Them. ^[8]
• Nearly two thirds of the global population will have internet access by next year, according to Cisco’s Annual Internet Report White Paper. ^[8]
• There will be 5.3 billion total internet users (66% of the global population) by 2024, up from 3.9 billion (51% of the global population). ^[8]
• However, 97% of respondents noted that penetration testing was at least somewhat important to their security posture. ^[9]
• Despite this, 39% of respondents reported being confident in their organization’s security posture , which is an indicator of overconfidence and a common issue in the in the cybersecurity world. ^[9]
• Respondents also reported misconfiguration (77%), phishing (72%), and poor passwords (60%). ^[9]
• The need to stay compliant or adhere to external mandates was a primary reason respondents pen testing (68%). ^[9]
• 95% of respondents reported that pen testing held some level of importance for their compliance initiatives. ^[9]
• 72% of respondents noted that phishing was a top security concern, indicating that organizations are very aware of the risk that this attack strategy poses. ^[9]
• However, 19% responded that they never conduct phishing simulations, and 25% only conduct them annually, which may indicate a lack of awareness of how helpful frequent phishing simulations are, or a lack of resources. ^[9]
• It is promising to see that only a small percentage of respondents (15%). ^[9]
• The largest percentage of respondents (32%). ^[9]
• Those with internal pen testing teams did report testing more frequently, with 47% reporting monthly or quarterly testing, versus 33% of everyone surveyed. ^[9]
• 20% of respondents reported pen testing daily or weekly. ^[9]
• While some businesses exclusively enlist the services of a thirdparty penetration testing team, it is now quite common to build an in house team, with 42% of respondents working at organizations that have one in place. ^[9]
• Teams remain relatively small, with 84% of respondents reporting teams of five dedicated team members or fewer. ^[9]
• Only 7% responded that their in house team is now defunct, perhaps showing that once in place, organizations prefer to keep them intact. ^[9]
• In fact, 46% of respondents that have in house teams noted that they were confident in their security posture versus the only 29% of those that did not have an internal team. ^[9]
• It is also worth noting that 61% of those that reported they did not have an internal team were in an organization with fewer than 500 employees, and represented 70% of those reporting that they didn’t have enough need. ^[9]
• 40% cited lack of talent and 42% cited lack of funding, which aligns with the ongoing skills shortage in the cybersecurity field. ^[9]
• This is further reflected by the fact that 49% of respondents reported that their staff has three years or fewer of experience with pen testing. ^[9]
• 60% indicated that technology plays an influence in whether or not they have an inhouse team, demonstrating the vital the role pen testing tools can play for in house pen testing teams. ^[9]
• 39% of respondents reported that they have already implemented the approach. ^[9]
• Nearly all respondents indicated that they use penetration testing tools of some kind, and 72% of respondents noted that they used free and/or open source tools. ^[9]
• For example, commercial testing tools, used by nearly 50% of respondents, can provide commercial grade exploits that open source tools may not be able to offer. ^[9]
• Most Important Criteria for Evaluating Pen Testing Software Using a combination of both open source and commercial tools aligns with the 62% of respondents that indicated cost as an important consideration. ^[9]
• Using a variety of tools also appears to be a practical solution given how important features were noted to be when evaluating a tool (83%). ^[9]
• Reporting was the most popular, with 69% of respondents listing it as an important feature. ^[9]
• 80% of fortune 2000 companies rely on our research to identify new revenue sources. ^[0]
• For instance, according to RedScan, as per GDPR Article 32, organizations are expected to implement a process for regular testing and evaluating of the effectiveness of technical and organizational measures to ensure the security of data processing. ^[0]
• According to the 2020 Pen Testing Report, 67% of surveyed cybersecurity professionals stated that compliance was the primary reason for performing penetration tests. ^[0]
• According to Security Metrics, the average cost of a penetration test can cost anywhere from USD 4,000 for a small, non complex organization to more than USD 100,000 for a large, complex one. ^[0]
• According to a CSIS survey conducted across eight countries in January 2019, 82% of employers reported a shortage of cybersecurity skills, and 71% stated that this gap causes direct and measurable damages to their organizations. ^[0]
• According to 2, the global IT security skills shortage had already surpassed four million in 2019 and is expected to increase even more in the near future. ^[0]
• Over the last year, 36% of these servers were hosted in the US, while 24% were hosted in undefined countries. ^[0]
• Only 5.3% of cyberattacks against financial institutions are successful, but that is because the financial sector was the early adopter of penetration testing and cybersecurity. ^[0]
• It is trusted by more than 5,600 organizations, including 37% of Fortune 1,000 companies, across 100 countries. ^[0]
• In the cybersecurity industry alone, we saw a 500% increase in cyberattacks after the pandemic began, with seven times more ransomware and new attack vectors. ^[10]
• Bugcrowd received 50% more submissions in the last 12 months than the year prior. ^[10]
• 65% Increase in Most Critical Vulnerability Submissions. ^[10]
• In the last 12 months, we’ve seen a 65% increase in P1 submissions, the most critical vulnerabilities, and overall submission quality improved as the validity of vulnerabilities increased by 4%. ^[10]
• We saw a 31% increase from Q1 to Q2 in payouts for P1 vulnerabilities. ^[10]
• 79% of organizations felt at least moderately prepared recent report asked organizations how prepared they were for the shift to remote work, from a security perspective. ^[10]
• It could definitely be higher, but 79% isn’t a bad start, especially considering the expanded security concerns in remote. ^[10]
• 15.3% Servers 15% Websites 13.9% Databases 11.7% Workstations 11.1% Applications 10.2%. ^[11]
• Physical Security 6.8% Mobile devices 4.3% Medical devices 3.8%. ^[11]
• The current statistic is that 60 percent of companies breached go out of business. ^[12]

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How Useful is Penetration Testing

One of the most significant benefits of penetration testing is its ability to uncover weaknesses in an organization’s IT infrastructure before malicious actors can exploit them. By adopting the perspective of a hacker, penetration testers can identify vulnerabilities that may have gone unnoticed by traditional security measures. This proactive approach allows companies to address these weaknesses before they can be leveraged for a cyber attack, thereby reducing the risk of a data breach or other cybersecurity incidents.

Additionally, penetration testing can help organizations comply with industry regulations and standards. Many industries, such as healthcare and finance, are subject to strict data privacy regulations that require organizations to maintain a certain level of cybersecurity. By conducting regular penetration tests, businesses can demonstrate their commitment to data security and compliance, helping them avoid potential fines or penalties for non-compliance.

Furthermore, penetration testing can help organizations build customer trust and loyalty. In today’s digital age, consumers are increasingly concerned about the security of their personal information. By conducting penetration tests and demonstrating a commitment to protecting customer data, businesses can reassure their clientele that their information is safe and secure. This can help enhance brand reputation and customer satisfaction, ultimately driving customer loyalty and retention.

Penetration testing also plays a crucial role in enhancing incident response capabilities. By identifying vulnerabilities proactively, organizations can develop and implement effective strategies to mitigate potential risks. In the event of a cyber attack or security breach, organizations that have conducted penetration tests are better equipped to respond quickly and effectively, minimizing the impact on their operations and reputation.

Moreover, penetration testing can help organizations make informed decisions about their cybersecurity investments. By identifying vulnerabilities and assessing the effectiveness of existing security measures, companies can prioritize their resources and focus on areas that require immediate attention. This strategic approach can help organizations optimize their cybersecurity efforts, maximize their return on investment, and ensure long-term resilience against cyber threats.

In conclusion, penetration testing is a valuable tool for organizations seeking to strengthen their cybersecurity defenses. By uncovering vulnerabilities, enhancing incident response capabilities, ensuring regulatory compliance, and building customer trust, penetration testing can play a crucial role in safeguarding digital assets and sensitive data. As cyber threats continue to evolve and multiply, organizations that prioritize penetration testing will be better equipped to protect themselves from potential attacks and maintain a strong security posture in an increasingly digital world.

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