21923 - SCTE Broadband Aug2023 COMPLETE v1 (1)

56 Vol. 45 No. 3 - September 2023 Issue UK at risk By Indusface of cyber attacks Recent research has shown that 68% of high-revenue growth companies have embraced a hybrid model worldwide. With businesses enjoying remote or hybrid working, benefits including reduced maintenance costs, improved flexibility and extended talent pool, cyber security awareness has become more critical than ever. With this in mind, Indusface, a global SaaS company which has undertaken this research, is intrigued to find out the most secure countries for businesses to allow their employees to work from, by creating an index score based on cybersecurity data including DDOS attacks (which stands for Distributed Denial-of-Service, where the attacker floods a server with internet traffic to prevent users from accessing connected online services and sites), phishing sites, Malware hosting sites and compromised computers. Venky Sundar, Founder and President of Indusface also provided six tips for small businesses on ensuring cyber security. Key Findings n Finland and Belgium are named the most cyber secure European countries for businesses to allow their employees to work from, with a cyber security index score of 82.45 out of 100. n The UK is only ranked 12th most cyber secure country in Europe and 40th in the world, with a cyber security score of just 71.19. n The least cyber secure country is Bulgaria with an index score of 51.92/100. UK ranked 12th as the most cyber secure European country Indusface found out that the United Kingdom only ranked 12th in the most cyber secure European countries and the 40th in the global ranking, with an overall cyber security index score of 71.19/100! The UK has an average of 680 phishing sites and 750 malware hosting sites per 100,000 urls, meaning that the chances of sites being fake or containing malware could be high. Finland received the second-lowest number of DDOS attacks (79) from 2015 to 2021, only 29 attacks higher than France, which has the lowest among the top 10 European countries. This is an important factor for businesses to consider as successful DDOS attacks could block your business sites and bring down all servers and connections you depend on. Contributing to Belgium’s top ranking is that it has the lowest number of compromised computers per 100,000 internet from the industry