{"id":4579,"date":"2023-10-24T13:07:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T00:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/2023\/10\/24\/when-are-major-cybersecurity-reports-published-each-year\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T06:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T17:42:13","slug":"when-are-major-cybersecurity-reports-published-each-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/2023\/10\/24\/when-are-major-cybersecurity-reports-published-each-year\/","title":{"rendered":"When are major cybersecurity reports published each year?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There&#8217;s a whole bunch of insightful annual reports on cybersecurity published each year. They follow a general cadence, as below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SonicWall&#8217;s cyber threat report<\/strong> &#8211; mid February to mid March<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2021<\/strong> &#8211; March 16, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonicwall.com\/news\/new-sonicwall-2020-research-shows-cyber-arms-race-at-tipping-point\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cyber arms race at tipping point<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2022<\/strong> &#8211; February 17, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.sonicwall.com\/en-us\/2022\/02\/2021-threat-intelligence-shows-attacks-rising-across-the-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attacks rising across the board<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2023<\/strong> &#8211; February 28, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/2023-sonicwall-cyber-threat-report-casts-new-light-on-shifting-front-lines-threat-actor-behavior-301757175.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shifting front lines, threat actor behavior<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crowdstrike&#8217;s global threat report<\/strong> &#8211; mid to late February<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2021<\/strong> &#8211; February 22, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdstrike.com\/blog\/global-threat-report-foreword-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">analyzing a year of chaos and courage<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2022<\/strong> &#8211; February 15, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdstrike.com\/blog\/a-year-of-adaptability-and-perseverance-global-threat-report-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a year of adaptability and perseverance<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2023<\/strong> &#8211; February 28, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdstrike.com\/blog\/global-threat-report-preview-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">resilient businesses fight relentless adversaries<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Verizon&#8217;s data breach investigations report<\/strong> &#8211; mid May to early June<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2021<\/strong> &#8211; May 13, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verizon.com\/about\/news\/verizon-2021-data-breach-investigations-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cybercrime thrives during pandemic<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2022<\/strong> &#8211; May 24, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verizon.com\/about\/news\/ransomware-threat-rises-verizon-2022-data-breach-investigations-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ransomware threat rises<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2023<\/strong> &#8211; June 6, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verizon.com\/about\/news\/2023-data-breach-investigations-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">frequency and cost of social engineering attacks skyrocket<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IBM Security&#8217;s cost of a data breach<\/strong> &#8211; last week of July<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2021<\/strong> &#8211; July 28, <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ibm.com\/2021-07-28-IBM-Report-Cost-of-a-Data-Breach-Hits-Record-High-During-Pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cost of a Data Breach Hits Record High During Pandemic<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2022<\/strong> &#8211; July 27, <a href=\"http:\/\/Consumers Pay the Price as Data Breach Costs Reach All-Time High\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Consumers Pay the Price as Data Breach Costs Reach All-Time High<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2023<\/strong> &#8211; July 24, <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ibm.com\/2023-07-24-IBM-Report-Half-of-Breached-Organizations-Unwilling-to-Increase-Security-Spend-Despite-Soaring-Breach-Costs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Half of Breached Organizations Unwilling to Increase Security Spend Despite Soaring Breach Costs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trend Micro&#8217;s midyear cybersecurity report<\/strong> &#8211; increasingly in August<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2021<\/strong> &#8211; September 14, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/vinfo\/us\/security\/research-and-analysis\/threat-reports\/roundup\/attacks-from-all-angles-2021-midyear-security-roundup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attacks from all angles<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2022<\/strong> &#8211; August 31, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/vinfo\/hk\/security\/research-and-analysis\/threat-reports\/roundup\/defending-the-expanding-attack-surface-trend-micro-2022-midyear-cybersecurity-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defending the expanding attack surface<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2023<\/strong> &#8211; August 8, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/vinfo\/us\/security\/research-and-analysis\/threat-reports\/roundup\/stepping-ahead-of-risk-trend-micro-2023-midyear-cybersecurity-threat-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stepping ahead of risk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a whole bunch of insightful annual reports on cybersecurity published each year. They follow a general cadence, as below: SonicWall&#8217;s cyber threat report &#8211; mid February to mid March Crowdstrike&#8217;s global threat report &#8211; mid to late February Verizon&#8217;s data breach investigations report &#8211; mid May to early June IBM Security&#8217;s cost of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":384585,"featured_media":4764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[712027491],"tags":[712027521],"class_list":["post-4579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity-reports","tag-research-reports-we-didnt-write"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/annualreports2023.jpg?fit=1100%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcHAk4-1bR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/384585"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4682,"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4579\/revisions\/4682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}