2024 Thales Data Threat Report
Navigating New Threats and Overcoming Old Challenges
Insights into new technologies, their security implications and the organizational changes for success ahead
In this paper, we share key findings from the 2024 Thales Data Threat Report (DTR) focused on USFED agencies and organizations, examining the differences between USFED survey respondents and global responses across all industry verticals. Many of the USFED DTR survey results were similar to overall responses, but we do note some key differences.
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Companies that had a good handle on their compliance processes and passed all of their audits were less likely to suffer from a breach. We’ll start to see more compliance and security functions coming together. This would be a huge positive step to strengthen cyber defenses and build protection around the data itself.
Key Findings
Data Breach Trends and Threats
Ransomware attacks are more common,
with 40% experiencing an attack, 12 percentage points higher than the global result (28%), but planning in the event of an attack is still poor.
Risks to Emerging Technologies
The generative AI boom is underway:
31% plan to integrate GenAI into products/services in the next 12 months.
Compliance and Sovereignty Concerns
Key management complexity
57% have five or more key management systems.
Increasing DevOps Challenges
USFED respondents cited privileged user management (68%) as a top DevOps challenge.
Identity Complexities and Compromise
Achieving security consistency within CIAM
initiatives was the number one cited challenge at
64%
Risks to Emerging Technologies
Prototyping post-quantum cryptography (PQC)
is the primary approach to address the future compromise of classical encryption techniques. “Harvest now, decrypt later” attacks (62%) are the leading interest.
2024 Thales Data Threat Report
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