Security | 43% of senior leaders claim their firm has suffered cyber attacks

With the advent of GDPR and the recent slew of high-profile hacking cases, ensuring that corporate data is properly stored and protected is more essential than ever.

Despite this, new research conducted by Mactavish claims that 43% of senior executives and managers have suffered at least one cyber attack within the last two years and whilst sensitive data may well have been compromised, only 31% of those polled believe that the cases had been dealt with properly.

The data also claims that less than half of senior executives and managers feel that their employees are conscientious about the threat of a cyber attack, whilst just 51% believe that their businesses have adequate strategies in place to deal with such attacks.

Some 13% of those polled actively believed their workplace protections were poor, whilst 30% described their security as ‘average’.