Companies unprepared for cyber risks global by type 2022

Between 2019 and 2022, the share of worldwide organizations that felt unprepared for phishing attacks decreased almost twice. A similar dynamic was detected also in the case of ransomware and spear phishing. The percentage of companies that did not feel fully equipped to combat spear phishing increased significantly, from 21 to 36 percent.

Share of companies worldwide not prepared for cyber security risks in 2019 and 2022, by risk type

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Release date

March 2023

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2019 and December 2022

Special properties

IT managers and technical IT professionals, senior IT security managers, and senior IT and IT security decisionmakers

Supplementary notes

The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "Which of the following security risks are you concerned that your organization is NOT fully prepared to deal with?"

2019 survey - N=660 2022 survey - N=1,350

2022 survey participants were from the U.S., Australia, India, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.

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