SecureWorks’ credit union clients range from large – $500 million to billions in assets – to smaller organizations – under $500 million in assets. On average, SecureWorks blocks 767 attacks per day per credit union client.
SecureWorks CTO Jon Ramsey claims that its credit union clients are experiencing more internet attacks than its banking clients because hackers assume that credit unions’ networks are less protected than banks.
We hear many credit union prospects say they can’t imagine a hacker would want to target them because they are small, said Mr Ramsey. Unfortunately, it is a mistake for any financial institution to think that they are safe because of their size or location.
The SecureWorks study found that, on average, it is blocking 968 attacks per day for each of its bank clients with $500 million to $10 billion in assets, 285 attacks per day for its banking clients with $100 million to $500 million in assets, and 85 attacks per day for each of its banking clients with $100 million and less in assets.
I believe these findings illustrate how important it is for all financial organizations to be diligent and thorough in implementing and maintaining a strong, defense-in depth IT security plan, Mr Ramsey continued.
