India, Sept. 24 -- Check Point Software Technologies, has published its latest Threat Intelligence Report focused on India. According to the report, the education and research sector is under particular strain, recording approximately 7,095 weekly attacks per organisation.

The next most-targeted sectors are government, with 5,140 weekly attacks, and consumer goods and services, with 3,889 weekly attacks. These figures underline the broad spectrum of industries facing growing cyber risk in India.

Across all sectors, Indian organisations faced an average of 3,233 cyberattacks per week over the past six months, well above the global average of 2,002 attacks per organisation.

The sharp rise in cyberattacks targeting the education sector ca...