In the past twelve months, roughly one in three targeted attacks resulted in an actual security breach, which equates to two to three effective attacks per month for the average company, according to Accenture.

Still, a majority of security executives (75 percent) surveyed are confident in their ability to protect their enterprises from cyberattacks. Accenture surveyed 2,000 enterprise security practitioners representing companies with annual revenues of $1 billion or more in 15 countries about their ability to protect their enterprises from cyberattacks.