- Being blamed or in trouble is the greatest worries of workers when the cyber attacks are reported
- British workers understand and can fairly identify cyber attacks
- This comes as cyber attacks become disturbingly
New data said that two out of five office employees (39%) did not even say the cybersecurity teams of their business if they thought they had been victims of a cyber attack at work.
The results of cohesity come despite a better understanding compared to other European nations – 43% of British workers include ransomware, compared to 28% in France and 30% in Germany.
Up to four out of five British employees (79%) would go so far as to say that they feel confident to identify a cyber attack, but many choose to remain silent.
Workers feel embarrassed by cyber attacks
Cohesity says that workers are very embarrassed to be blamed (17%) or get in trouble (17%), leading them to remain silent in the event of attacks. Another 15% said they would not want to cause noise, 11% admitting that they prefer to try to solve the problem themselves rather than notify it.
However, separate research from IBM reveals that more than 200 days offenses cost approximately 34% more than those contained Morgan Lewis). In addition, silence delays the response of incidents and increases vulnerability to threats such as ransomware, the propagation of malware and additional phishing attempts.
Government data of 2024 reveal that half of all British companies and a third of British charitable organizations had experienced cyber attacks or violations in the previous year – an even more relevant number between medium -sized companies (70%) and the largest (74%), which will probably be even higher this year.
GVP cohesion Olivier Savorn stressed: “Staying silent if they suspect a malicious cyber attack is probably the worst thing that an employee can do.”
Savorn calls for a workplace cultivation that manufacturers’ workers feel more comfortable with the increase in the alarm, supported by good cybersecurity training.
Cohesity Global, head of cyber-resilience, James Blake noted that companies should adopt a holistic approach to “planning, processes, people and technology”.
