"For example," writes Michael Rothschild in Security Boulevard, "research from HP shows there was a 238% increase in cyberattack volume over the pandemic, with those numbers continuing to rise today.

A survey by the Ponemon Institute of IT and infosec leaders found credential theft (56%) and phishing (48%) to be the most common attack types experienced and Microsoft's Defense Report stated they'd found phishing attacks alone to be responsible for 70% of data breaches. The current situation makes clear the need for a more robust security posture, especially around authentication defense..."

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