Cloud services at risk of cyber attacks: Report

Sophos, a global provider of cybersecurity as a service, recently published findings of a new survey titled, "The Reality of SMB Cloud Security in 2022" which showed that, 56% Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) users experienced an increase in the volume of attacks on their organisation when compared to the previous year, and 67% were hit by ransomware. In addition, 59% experienced an increase in complexity of attacks. 

For many of these users, a lack of visibility into their infrastructure, unpatched vulnerabilities and resource misconfigurations make them susceptible to various types of attacks, including ransomware. Of those surveyed, only 37% track and detect resource misconfigurations and only 43% routinely scan IaaS resources for software vulnerabilities.

Moreover, 65% of cloud users reported not having visibility of all resources and their configurations, and only 33% said their organisation has the resources to continuously detect, investigate and remove threats in their IaaS infrastructure. 

The Reality of SMB Cloud Security in 2022 survey polled 4,984 IT professionals in small and mid-sized organisations across 31 countries.