{"id":2734,"date":"2023-10-04T10:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T08:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zymestic.cz\/corporate-employees-face-an-increasing-number-of-cyber-attacks\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T12:14:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T10:14:06","slug":"corporate-employees-face-an-increasing-number-of-cyber-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zymestic.cz\/en\/corporate-employees-face-an-increasing-number-of-cyber-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate employees face an increasing number of cyber attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In today’s digital world, cyber-attacks pose an increasing threat to businesses in the Czech Republic. Attacks are more frequent and more sophisticated than ever before. A successful attack can cause serious damage to a company’s corporate data, its overall reputation, and high financial losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the growing awareness of cyber threats and the impending European NIS2 directive, companies are still struggling with the lack of preparedness of their employees for these risks. In this article we will focus on why the human factor represents the biggest threat to the cyber security of Czech companies and how this vulnerability can be minimized.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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organizations admitted to experiencing a successful phishing attack in 2022, compared to only 57% in 2021<\/p><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Insufficient cyber literacy and employee education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many companies still do not place enough emphasis on cyber education and long-term awareness of their employees. It is this ignorance that can mean employees are not familiar with the latest threats or current methods of defending against targeted attacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This can lead to inappropriate behaviour such as clicking on suspicious links, entering sensitive information or opening infected attachments in email messages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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According to the Acronis Cyberthreats<\/strong> Report, phishing attacks increased by 60% in 2022, with leaks or theft of sensitive corporate data accounting for more than half of all reported incidents. In other words, in more than 50% of cases, the human factor was the root cause. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The human factor as the biggest threat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Employees are often the first line of defence against a cyber attack. Their ability to spot suspicious activity and respond correctly often determines whether an attack will be successful. Unfortunately, the human factor remains one of the most vulnerable parts of any organisation. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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