This annual report outlines expected cybersecurity trends for the coming year.

This report aims to reveal top trends that will shape the cybersecurity industry in 2020.

The 2020 update of this survey-based review of the costs of a data breach, as reported by practitioners in the field. (more available)

This report focuses on an analysis of security controls effectiveness across the multiple stages of attack lifecycles within 11 global industries. (more available)

This report explains the findings of a study the did, showing that seeking the exact technology to solve your newest, most pressing security concern may actually be multiplying security gaps that slow you down instead of simplifying your security environment. (more available)

This report goes into the general state of cyber resilience. At a glance, Innovation investment is growing, Cybersecurity basics are better, and leading organizations are getting better at preventing and fixing breaches. (more available)

A review of the cybersecurity job market in the UK, the nature and extent of skill gaps and shortages. A combination of surveys, qualitative research with firms, and a review of job postings. (more available)

A review of community members opinions on their prioritization for identity access management systems, the challenges implementing these solutions, and the desired capabilities when selecting IAM technologies. (more available)

A review of 63 events where Kivu participated in payouts of ransomware events on behalf of clients engaged via a post-incident response. (more available)

A review of doxxing related ransomware cases handled by Kivu Consulting in a post-breach role. Explores firmographics of the organizations involved in various variants of ransomware families. (more available)

Akamai examines the attack trends in the media sector over a 24-month period. This research is based on data gathered during regular Akamai operations and is based on a large volume of real events. (more available)

Using telephone survey of UK business and thirty in-depth interviews, this report reviews awareness and approaches to cyber security in the UK as well as the nature and impact of breaches by firm size and sector. (more available)

Using publicly available breach information, this report seeks to analyze the breaches and incidents occurring in the US K-12 educational sector. (more available)

The 2020 edition of this annual survey based report on cloud adoption, migration, and security trends. Drawn from a pool of 750 global respondents with roles in evaluatng, purchasing, and managing cybersecurity products and with a high level of familiarity of their organizaiton’s public cloud use. (more available)

A survey of over 3,500 IT managers with data and workloads in the public cloud.

The Threat Intelligence Executive Report by Secureworks analyzes security threats and helps organizations protect their systems. During March and April of 2020, Secureworks noticed 3 developments in threat intelligence: Multiple threat actors leverage COVID-19, Remote access security is essential in the current working environment, and big breaches begin with small intrusions. (more available)

The Threat Intelligence Executive Report by Secureworks analyzes security threats and aims to help organizations protect their systems. In the first two months of 2020, they identified 3 main trends: Lesser-known government-sponsored threat groups putting data at risk, Citrix vulnerability disclosure causing spikes in incidents, and ransomware operators leveraging risk of GDPR fines as a threat. (more available)

The Threat Intelligence Executive Report by Secureworks is a report designed to analyze security threats and help organizations protect their systems. (more available)

A survey of stakeholders in operational technology (OT) environments across four industries: manufacturing, energy and utilities, healthcare, and transportation.

DivvyCloud researchers compiled this report to substantiate the growing trend of breaches caused by cloud misconfigurations, quantify their impact to companies and consumers around the world, and identify factors that may increase the likelihood a company will suffer such a breach. (more available)

Drawn on over 1,000 incidents that The Crypsis Group responded to in 2019, this report looks for trends in industry and attack patterns for the past year. (more available)