The High Stakes of Innovation: Attack Trends in Financial Services
As the financial services industry continues to innovate, it simultaneously ushers in old and new security risks that challenge the way it defends its network.
Our latest State of the Internet/Security (SOTI) report, examines the trends in FinServ, such as:
• A 65% year-over-year growth in web application and API attacks
• FinServ is the most attacked vertical in Layers 3 and 4 DDoS attacks
• A total of 63.52% of Layer 3 and 4 DDoS events impacted the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, continuing the “regional shift” trend observed last year
• FinServ is the most targeted web attack vertical in Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ), with nearly 50% of all attacks