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Study: 73% of Integrators Don’t Offer Cybersecurity Services

Research firm Parks Associates recently found that 79% of U.S. broadband households are concerned about data security or privacy issues, for instance. Meanwhile, the soaring use of the Zoom platform has also brought about more problems due to hacking accounts and ‘Zoombombing’, plus it’s not like ransomware and other hacking is going away amid the coronavirus outbreak – they may turn to targets like hospitals such as what happened at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District in Illinois.

From the article Study: 73% of Integrators Don’t Offer Cybersecurity Services" by Arlen Schweiger.

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