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保持网络安全对于职能和工作地点都非常重要。图片来自Ti Sandle。

在当今世界，数据泄露正在飙升，根据马里兰大学的研究，每39秒就发生一次惊人的数据泄露。其中，43％的泄露事件针对中小型企业，而我们最不怀疑的行业竟然是最大的罪犯。

许多专业人士并没有意识到，仅仅通过在某些行业工作，他们的个人数据——如电子邮件、密码、财务细节等—可能会在一夜之间受到损害。

Kurt Nielson，Partisia隐私平台的首席执行官，分享了他对在五个行业工作可能会给员工和客户的敏感信息带来重大风险的专业见解。

每39秒发生一次数据泄露：5个最有风险的行业

正如所见，一些行业更容易受到网络威胁的影响，因此未来面临着数据泄露或其他类型的网络攻击的高风险。面临数字犯罪攻击风险最高的五个行业包括：进行数字犯罪活动，如在这五个行业上进行勒索和内部威胁攻击会将这些公司的敏感信息置于极大危险之中。

制造业

IBM安全公司2024年威胁情报指数显示，制造业是网络攻击者中最受攻击的行业之一，主要攻击方法包括恶意软件和勒索软件。一个著名的例子发生在2023年2月，当时拥有数十亿美元市值的美国跨国公司Applied Materials遭遇了其供应商的勒索软件攻击。预计这一侵犯可能会给公司造成高达2.5亿美元的损失。

金融与保险

金融和保险机构是最经常受到攻击的，因为他们处理的数据的性质。黑客经常使用的另一种常见攻击是网络应用程序攻击，因为数百万客户使用此类应用程序。内部威胁也在增加，根据Verizon的2023年数据泄露调查报告，此行业34％的泄露事件涉及内部人士。

2018年至2023年，外部来源的威胁有所减少，而内部来源的威胁有所增加。至于此行业的泄露成本，它在泄露成本方面排名第二，成本很高。

医疗保健

研究显示，网络罪犯越来越多地针对医疗保健行业。同时，要求连接更多医疗设备以及使用电子健康记录，医疗数据已成为黑市上的热门商品。

当我们试图收集有关全球医疗保健网络安全市场增长率的信息时，我们通过marketsandmarkets得知市场将达到350亿美元。美国危及患者隐私，据估计，每天有一百万患者记录被曝光，到2028年将达到30亿。

政府机构

但最容易受黑客攻击的行业是充满机密数据的政府机构。2020年，美国政府实体遭受了79次勒索软件攻击，造成188亿美元的营收损失，因为恢复成本和替代品。更令人震惊的是，只有38％的州和地方政府工作人员接受了有关如何减轻勒索软件风险的培训；这意味着该行业非常容易受到网络犯罪分子的攻击。

能源和公用事业公司

能源和公用事业公司提供对一个国家基础设施运作至关重要的公共服务，这使得它们成为黑客的显而易见的目标。最近对2021年针对Colonial Pipeline的攻击停止了对整个美国东海岸的燃料供应，这是该行业存在弱点的一个很好的例子。

尽管FireEye表示近年来网络攻击的威胁总体有所减少，但能源公司仍受到网络威胁的困扰，因为它们被认为对大多数国家具有战略重要性。

高风险行业中数据保护的新方法

随着数据泄露日益普遍，专家警告称，某些行业的员工特别容易在一夜之间使其个人信息暴露。然而，新技术可能通过改变数据管理和保护方式来提供解决方案。

Maintaining cybersecurity is important, whatever the function and wherever you work. Image by Ti Sandle.

In today’s world, data breaches are skyrocketing, with a staggering data breach frequency of 1 every 39 seconds according to research from the University of Maryland. Of these, 43 percent of these breaches target small to medium businesses, and the industries we least suspect are some of the worst offenders.

Many professionals do not realise that just by working in certain industries, their personal data—emails, passwords, financial details—can be compromised overnight.

Kurt Nielson, CEO of Partisia, a privacy platform, shares his professional insights on how working in five industries could put employees’ and clients’ sensitive information at significant risk.
Data Breach Every 39 Seconds: 5 Industries Most at Risk

As has been seen, some industries are more vulnerable to cyber threats hence facing a high risk of experiencing data breaches or other types of cyberattacks in the future. Five industries that face a high risk of becoming victims of digital crimes are as follows; Conducting digital criminal activities, such as ransomware and insider threat attacks on these five industries exposes the sensitive information of these companies to great danger.
Manufacturing

The IBM Security’s 2024 Threat Intelligence Index revealed that manufacturing is among the most targeted industries by cyber attackers & the predominant attack methods included malware and ransomware. A famous example which took place was in February, 2023 when Applied Materials – an American multinational corporation with market capitalization of over multi-billion dollars suffered ransomware attack on one of its suppliers. It was predicted that this infraction could cost the company up to $250 million.
Finance and Insurance

The financial and insurance organizations are the most frequently attacked because of the nature of the data they process. Another common attack used by hackers is the web application attacks since millions of clients apply such apps. Internal threats are also increasing and according to the Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigation report 34% breaches in this sector involved insiders.

Between 2018 to 2023 the threats from external sources have reduced marginally while threats from internal sources have increased. As for the cost of a breach in this industry they are among the highest with finance and insurance placing second in terms of cost of a breach.
Healthcare

The research concerns finding out that cybercriminals are targeting the healthcare industry more and more. At the same time as enforcing the connecting of more and more medical devices as well as employing the utilization of Electronic Health Records, healthcare data is a top commodity for the black market.

When we tried to gather information about the growth rate of the healthcare cybersecurity market across the world, we came to know through marketsandmarkets that the market will reach up to $35. The US jeopardizes patient privacy where it is estimated that one million patients’ records are exposed every single day and will be 3 billion by 2028.
Government Agencies

But one sector that is most vulnerable to hackers is the governmental institutions, so rich in classified data. Seventy-nine ransomware assaults on U. S. government entities occurred in 2020, costing $18. Eight billion US dollars in lost revenues due to recovery costs and replacements. Even more shocking, only 38% of state and local government workers received training on how to mitigate ransomware risks; meaning this sector is very exposed to cyber criminals.
Energy and Utility Companies

Energy and utility companies provide important public services that are essential to the operation of a country’s infrastructure making them an obvious target to hackers. The recent attack that targeted the Colonial Pipeline in 2021, which halted fuel deliveries to the entire U.S. East Coast is a pretty good example of weaknesses present in this sector.

Though FireEye has stated that the overall threats of cyber-attacks have scaled down over the recent past, energy firms are yet to be relieved of cyber threats since they are deemed to be of strategic importance to most nations.
A New Approach to Data Protection in High-Risk Industries

As data breaches become increasingly common, experts warn that employees in certain industries are particularly vulnerable to having their personal information compromised overnight. However, emerging technologies could offer a solution by shifting the way data is managed and protected.