A new report shows that UK businesses are being targeted by cyber attacks on an increasing basis, reportsmanagers.org.uk.
62 per cent of managers reported that cyber threats are posing an increasingly serious threat to their firms and nearly a third (32 per cent) have actually suffered a cyber security threat to their it management systems and online networks in the last 12 months.
The report, 'Managing Threats In A Dangerous World', examines how prepared organisations were for unexpected and damaging disruptions to their day-to-day operations over the past year.
12 per cent of companies lost confidential information through cyber attacks and 9 per cent suffered a significant attempt to hack into their network in the last year.
Ruth Spellman, chief executive of the Chartered Management Institute, told hrmagazine.co.uk: "Today's report shows that UK organisations must be better at putting plans in place to deal with disruptions to their day-to-day business.''
''Every time an unexpected event interrupts or halts the operations of a business, charity or public sector body in this country, UK plc suffers - yet with good management, this could be avoided."
A separate report from Citrix Online notes while small business feel more confident in dealing with disruptions to their business, they still have a long way to go to improve security.
"Many small businesses have a long way to go before they have the right tools and processes in place to ensure effective business continuity in the face of such disruptions," said Andrew Millard, director of marketing at Citrix Online.
