This statistic ranks the most pressing cyber security issues according to IT security professionals worldwide as of January 2018. During the survey period, 17 percent of respondents stated that the identification of vulnerabilities was the most pressure-filled security responsibility for them.
Which IT security tasks are you facing the most pressure to address?
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Overview
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- Premium Statistic Cybersecurity market revenues worldwide 2020-2030
- Premium Statistic Share of IT spend on cyber security in the U.S and Europe 2020-2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Estimated revenue of the cyber security sector in the UK 2017-2022
- Premium Statistic Estimated gross value added (GVA) of the cyber security sector in the UK 2017-2022
- Premium Statistic Value and number of public contracts awarded to cyber companies in the UK 2018-2022
Segment: Cyber security professionals
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- Premium Statistic Number of cybersecurity professionals worldwide 2023, by country
- Premium Statistic Employment in the cyber security sector in the UK in 2022
- Premium Statistic United Kingdom: Cyber job postings by region 2022
- Basic Statistic Role held responsible for successful cyber attacks in the UK 2021
Companies
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- Premium Statistic Number of cyber security firms in the UK, by company size 2022
- Premium Statistic Share of registered cyber security firms in the UK in 2022, by type of service
- Premium Statistic Volume of investment in cyber security by businesses United Kingdom 2022, by size
- Premium Statistic Money lost by companies in the UK due to cyber breaches 2022
Consumption
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- Basic Statistic United Kingdom: Leading cyber security products and services for businesses 2021
- Basic Statistic United Kingdom: Main types of provision by cyber security firms 2021
- Premium Statistic Most common features of cybersecurity policies of businesses in the UK 2023
- Premium Statistic Share of implemented cyber security rules or controls by businesses in the UK 2023
- Premium Statistic Share of cyber security risk identification methods in businesses in the UK 2023
- Premium Statistic Cyber security policy relaxation in businesses due to telework in the UK 2021
- Premium Statistic Barriers impacting the activity of cyber security companies in the UK 2022
Breaches and incidents
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- Premium Statistic UK frequency of data breaches experienced by businesses 2023
- Premium Statistic Impact of data breaches in UK firms 2023
- Premium Statistic Most common actions following a cybersecurity breach in the UK 2023
- Premium Statistic Recovery time taken from most disruptive cyber security breach by UK businesses 2023
- Premium Statistic Average cost of the most disruptive cyber security attack for UK businesses 2023
- Premium Statistic Average cost of cyber incidents in the UK 2021, by industry
Further related statistics
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- Global human cyber security pressures 2018
- Global personal cyber security pressures 2017
- Global operational cyber security pressures 2018
- Cybersecurity market revenues worldwide 2020-2030
- Deployment of machine learning in cybersecurity practices U.S. 2018
- Latin America: insufficient cybersecurity budget for IT managers 2019
- Latin America: how challenging it is to recruit people with cybersecurity skills 2019
- Main reasons for not reporting cyberattacks in Italy 2018
- Average cost of cyber attacks to European and North American firms 2018-2023, by size
- UK cyber security: Public sector market size 2010-2017, by segment
- Primary attack points for data breaches U.S. 2018
- Share of central government with ICT security problems in Norway 2020, by type
- Share of security breaches related to privileged account access U.S. 2018
- Ways of access control for privileged account users U.S. 2018
- Possibility to connect from company cell phone with open WI-FI network in Poland 2019
- Global TAM for network security, cloud security, and security operations 2019-2024
- Access of employees to company data from a company cell phone in Poland 2019
- Top managed security services used among enterprises worldwide 2016
- Global cyber threat intelligence (CTI) market size 2023-2033
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- Global human cyber security pressures 2018
- Global personal cyber security pressures 2017
- Global operational cyber security pressures 2018
- Cybersecurity market revenues worldwide 2020-2030
- Deployment of machine learning in cybersecurity practices U.S. 2018
- Latin America: insufficient cybersecurity budget for IT managers 2019
- Latin America: how challenging it is to recruit people with cybersecurity skills 2019
- Main reasons for not reporting cyberattacks in Italy 2018
- Average cost of cyber attacks to European and North American firms 2018-2023, by size
- UK cyber security: Public sector market size 2010-2017, by segment
- Primary attack points for data breaches U.S. 2018
- Share of central government with ICT security problems in Norway 2020, by type
- Share of security breaches related to privileged account access U.S. 2018
- Ways of access control for privileged account users U.S. 2018
- Possibility to connect from company cell phone with open WI-FI network in Poland 2019
- Global TAM for network security, cloud security, and security operations 2019-2024
- Access of employees to company data from a company cell phone in Poland 2019
- Top managed security services used among enterprises worldwide 2016
- Global cyber threat intelligence (CTI) market size 2023-2033
Trustwave, & Various sources (helpnetsecurity.com). (May 24, 2018). Which IT security tasks are you facing the most pressure to address? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/709789/most-pressing-global-cyber-security-issues/
Trustwave, und Various sources (helpnetsecurity.com). "Which IT security tasks are you facing the most pressure to address?." Chart. May 24, 2018. Statista. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/709789/most-pressing-global-cyber-security-issues/
Trustwave, Various sources (helpnetsecurity.com). (2018). Which IT security tasks are you facing the most pressure to address?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/709789/most-pressing-global-cyber-security-issues/
Trustwave, and Various sources (helpnetsecurity.com). "Which It Security Tasks Are You Facing The Most Pressure to Address?." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 May 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/709789/most-pressing-global-cyber-security-issues/
Trustwave & Various sources (helpnetsecurity.com), Which IT security tasks are you facing the most pressure to address? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/709789/most-pressing-global-cyber-security-issues/ (last visited April 26, 2024)
Which IT security tasks are you facing the most pressure to address? [Graph], Trustwave, & Various sources (helpnetsecurity.com), May 24, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/709789/most-pressing-global-cyber-security-issues/