You’ve all seen it in the news, and all over the internet, cybercrime is on the rise. It’s not a question of if there will be a breach, but when and how bad. Organizations of all sizes need to prepare for a more complex landscape of cyber threats; including very large volumetric attacks, application attacks that target specific critical resources and low and slow attacks that may occur below the radar.

Thanks to the Internet’s inherent anonymity, widespread reach, and disjointed law enforcement status cyber criminals have a lot to gain – and enterprises have a lot to lose. More than 317 million new pieces of malware were created last year, which means nearly one million new threats were released each day.

According to experts, these are some of the biggest cyber security risks:

• Ransomware – a type of malware which restricts access to the computer system that it infects, will become increasingly sophisticated in its methods and targets.
• The Internet of Things – the connection of physical devices such as home appliances and cars to
• the internet will become the “Internet of Vulnerabilities”.
• Cyber espionage – is becoming the weapon of choice for many national governments. The next world war will be fought on a keyboard.
• Cyber theft – stealing financial information is nothing new, stolen credit card data on the black market is a well–established and lucrative business for cyber criminals. As mobile payments become the norm for many consumers, there’s a new opportunity for hackers.

Cybercrime costs the global economy more than $445 billion a year, according to estimates from the Center for Strategic and International Studies. A 2015 Association for Financial Professionals Risk Survey found that 34% of companies had been subjected to a cyberattack in the last 18 months. Cyber criminals are becoming more sophisticated and organizations need to protect their assets from these advanced threats.

Constant evolution, intelligence, cutting-edge threat prevention is essential to keeping your company’s network, applications, and end-users safe. A security solution for companies of all sizes to consider is Security-as-a-Service (SECaaS) – a managed security offering, delivered as a service – to protect your devices, applications, and end-users.

Why SECaaS? There are many benefits, including the typical as-a-Service benefits; it’s scalable, easily deployed, customizable, fully integrated, and managed by experts. As usual with IT infrastructure procurement, organizations need to take a fully informed, risk-managed approach to outsourcing their security services. Be informed, do your due diligence, and enlist an expert as needed.

Find out more about the cyberattack landscape, security trends, why SECaaS, and what to look for in a SECaaS provider in the easy-to-read infographic below.