Unprecedented Cyber Challenges: Insights from 2021 Verizon DBIR

Throughout 2020 we often heard the word unprecedented, seemingly in excess. Yet, for cybersecurity, it is an apt description of the challenges companies faced as they shifted to a work-from-home culture. These challenges — with phishing, ransomware, and social engineering as the reigning champions of attack vectors — are outlined in the 2021 Verizon Data Breach and Investigations Report.

The annual Verizon DBIR contains its analysis of security incidents and data breaches, categorized by sector. It’s worth noting that Coalition provided Verizon with access to our BinaryEdge internet scanning data for the DBIR.