The Black Hat survey of nearly 600 security professionals, 40 percent of whom work in critical infrastructure sectors, showed that 60 percent believe a successful attack will happen within two years, and only 10 percent do not.
Further, only 26 percent said the government is ready to defend and respond to a significant cyberattack.
According to the survey analysis, the growing pessimism is fueled by Russia’s hacking and information operations in 2016, hacking by other nation states and the theft of government cyber and hacking tools publicly released through WikiLeaks and other forums.
