Human interaction still key to cyber attacks

Security alerts at weekends and on public holidays dip significantly, attribute to a lack of employees interacting with malicious emails, attachments, links and websites.

The key finding is that organisations in industries that align with nation state interests – such as government, manufacturing and aerospace – sophisticated attacks are a real threat. However, organisations outside those industries were not significantly affected by highly targeted attacks in the first quarter of 2017, the study found.