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title: "Pressing Problems and Persistent Challenges: What's Keeping Us Up At Night?"
description: "In 2014, cyberattacks reached a tipping point in quantity, length, complexity and targets. Mitigation techniques were challenged by three emerging macro trends - cloud migration, the Internet of Things (IoT) and the software defined network (SDN). Even organizations with by-the-book security programs were caught off guard.
Radware's 2014-2015 Global Application & Network Security Report provides a comprehensive and objective review of 2014 cyberattacks from both a business and a technical perspective and gives best practice advice for organizations to consider for 2015."
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# [Pressing Problems and Persistent Challenges: What's Keeping Us Up At Night?](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/pressing-problems-and-persistent-challenges-whats-keeping-us-night)

 Written by [SecureWorld News Team](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/author/secureworld-news-team) | Mon | May 18, 2015 | 9:28 PM Z

In 2014, cyberattacks reached a tipping point in quantity, length, complexity and targets. Mitigation techniques were challenged by three emerging macro trends - cloud migration, the Internet of Things (IoT) and the software defined network (SDN). Even organizations with by-the-book security programs were caught off guard.

 Radware's 2014-2015 Global Application & Network Security Report provides a comprehensive and objective review of 2014 cyberattacks from both a business and a technical perspective and gives best practice advice for organizations to consider for 2015.

**Key Highlights**

- Statistics around the rise in attacks
- The number-one point of failure and the year's largest DDoS headache
- Why hybrid solutions are gaining ground
- Executive insight into what keeps security professionals up at night

[**Download the report.**](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001LkjxfaEvAqyEbC0UUI1ncJVnq5shnN5WfjetF0_oUwVUVVOoKqD3ufebzROSaXnACzNwH6WXAlfG2PFrGcxODR1q2oSpFzbfU9q2FiAhtv7nfXzyRBezjtGG_KOU6RCVjeK7I0hs80UqdYUlezN74UvIpDy2SohvykbNWYpJ_t8J_D17-85wZdpjnB6-vcxdwEmz3MauRBUcz5wV7jpou6ygxq8R7PhocY7bQUnra4YnRCW79wQN_OSI57lMPMR9fIiWN2IebnfoOlgFWdtzahp6QPoBfFOA6GAkmrbK5B4Mn8oCp4G3A2xgITv-0GTtxbkZkJbpSEsrOvqYRMIOgvUqPtX6vcD6whzCQPVw7bUgg8PduiJPLG7s_U0mdTo1ZZOsRt3oGRdA9aZOYuQ4Kj-sJpIM_f-XNMNoECnSYcJGXbS9hbOAXEM9WDhqh71vGbT8LcB003Xn8Glr2-cxEoCIpfTck9mS7qAOXLR0cBKC4KpUl80aezxKd1jbSKe0gbrNuxZfu-Jv4ZJx-UpZVKBK4WBe9DCvDMfHgOVCrCNBDvxLKdbn4NXbOOYOYXvKEGCCyrsblV4=&c=-wRLlIZQiTHhjhVWNBsBPj0MvWLSQkhsLsY_4E3OHyl7ESF_WBGifA==&ch=rIqttARwNzSmOcdsUeTvZJMHTVxg7N05qtUBiuCzFQWsLSuLQATsLQ==)

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