‘The worst thing an employee could do’: Workers are covering up cyber attacks for fear of reprisal – here’s why that’s a huge problem

UK businesses face a huge hidden cyber risk that’s driving security practitioners mad: employees keeping quiet cyber attacks. More than one-third of office workers (39%) said they wouldn’t tell their cybersecurity team if they thought they had been the victim of acyber attack– and it's not for a lack ofsecurity awareness. A survey of 4,500 workers across EMEA by data security and management firmCohesityfound that British employees are more aware of cyber threats, such asransomware, than their counterparts in France and Germany. 30% off Keeper Security's Business Starter and Business plans Keeper Security is trusted and valued by thousands of businesses and millions of employees. Why not join them and protect your most important assets while taking advantage of this special offer? Almost half (43%) of UK employees know exactly what ransomware is, compared with just 28% of workers in France and 30% in Germany. Four-in-five (79%) said they were confident that they could identify a malicio...