January 5, 2022 – 2021 saw a significant increase in the industrialization and weaponization of cyberattacks. Bad actors have combined compromised endpoints, automated tools, and social engineering to achieve new pinnacles of success. Distributed denial of service attacks reached new highs in 2021, and cyberattackers often combine attack volume with complex attack methodologies. While financial gain is often the primary objective, many attacks in 2021 also saw widespread macroeconomic disruption.

This is a 16-page Impact Report. Clients of Aite-Novarica Group’s Cybersecurity service can download this report and the corresponding charts.

This report mentions Accenture, Amazon, Baffle, Deloitte, eSentire, Exabeam, Group-IB, IBM, KPMG, Microsoft, PwC, Open Raven, Satori Cyber, and Securonix.