While analysing incidents by sector (Figure 6), we notice that NCC Group’s clients within Academic & Educational Services were most susceptible to incidents with a total of 810 recorded. Again, this is likely to be influenced by NCC Group’s client base as a whole. With that in mind, it is worth mentioning that Academic & Educational Services was also ranked as the most targeted sector in 2022 with 657 incidents. Year-on-year, the number of incidents recorded for the sector has experienced an increase of 23%. Interestingly, the sector was also the top target in 2021 with 255 incidents recorded at the time. Given the overall number of tickets recorded in the period 2021 – 2023 for Academic & Educational Services, there is a high possibility that this would continue to be the case in 2024, so we would strongly recommend that clients within the sector stay vigilant and ensure best security practices are followed.
The remaining targets within the top five for 2023 are actually the same sectors as in 2022 with the differences being; the higher number of incidents recorded year-on-year as well as a shift in Technology’s position from fifth in 2022 to third in 2023, which means that Financials and Energy moved to fourth and fifth respectively.
With regards to the figures, all sectors have experienced an increase in incidents raised.
However, we notice that Technology and Energy’s sectors have experienced the highest increases with 161% (from 217) and 95% (from 261) respectively. Finally, Industrials and Financials’ targeting increased by 46% (from 439) and 20% (from 435) respectively. We would highly recommend that clients operating within these sectors review their defensive mechanisms.
Figure 6: SOC Tickets’ Raised according to Sector (2023)
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