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_"For the next few hours, damage control will be in full force for Yodel
– and how the business reacts will be critical to ensuring the long-term
welfare of the company, mitigating the damage of the incident, limiting
downtime of operations, and therefore minimising the impact of delays
and other issues for customers._

_Although we’re not yet sure how the incident occurred, it’s clear that
many organisations can be doing more to prevent cybersecurity related
issues - even those resulting from sophisticated attack vectors. In
fact, our research released today [2] reveals that 90% of high-level IT
managers believe that most cyber-attacks are avoidable with a
preventative approach._

_We agree that many of the damaging breaches we see could have been
avoided by simply maintaining baseline cyber-hygiene standards such as
having technology in place that goes beyond antivirus solutions,
implementing back up mechanisms which are regularly tested and ensuring
staff are adequately trained to look out for malicious links in
emails."_

As you’ll see in the above, Tanium has released timely UK research
today which reveals that 90% of UK cyberattacks are avoidable, and here
are the key stats from the research, relevant to this story:

· The majority of cyberattacks suffered by UK organisations are
avoidable: 90% of IT security professionals whose organisation has
experienced a cyberattack agreed that the majority of attacks
experienced had been avoidable in some way.

· Board only approves new cybersecurity funding after the incident
has occurred: 86% of IT decision makers in organisations who experienced
a cyberattack in the last 6 months believe that senior leadership is
likely to invest in cybersecurity only after suffering a recent attack

· Preventative approaches are missed opportunities for IT teams:
Almost 7 in 10 respondents believe that a mainly preventative approach
to cybersecurity is best