Stress on networks and infrastructure

 All this added stress on networks and infrastructure is expected to put additional stress on SecOps teams.

“SecOps teams have been inundated since COVID began, as attacks have increased dramatically during this pandemic,” Cody Beers, a technical training manager at WhiteHat Security, which is based in San Jose, told Dice.

At about the same time that Forrester was conducting its survey, Tonya Ugoretz, the deputy assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, told a gathering that the bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center had been receiving 3,000 to 4,000 computer engineer vs computer science threats each day, compared to the 1,000 daily complaints before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Forrester report notes that pressure on SecOps teams is mounting as data breaches become sophisticated and costly. The study suggests that the average breach can now cost an organization upwards of $7 million once the response, notifications, lost productivity, potential legal actions, regulatory fines and other liabilities are all factored in.