More than *** million cyberattacks were reported across India in 2022. This was a significant increase compared to 2019. The country was among the top **** with the most number of cybersecurity incidents that year. Furthermore, India ranked ***** in terms of internet user numbers.

The statistic displays the leading impacts of big-data driven cyber security, according to respondents of a 2015 information security survey conducted by PwC. As of 2015, ** percent of respondents indicated an improved understanding of user behavior was one of the benefits of big-data driven cyber security capabilities.

The statistic shows the size of the global cybersecurity market, by segment, from 2015 to 2020. In 2017, spending on security for Internet of Things (IoT) devices is estimated to reach ** billion U.S. dollars. IoT devices are currently seen as vulnerable to hacking and enterprise spending on securing these devices is expected to grow rapidly in the coming years.

The statistic displays the impacts of collaboration on organizational cyber security programs, according to respondents of a 2015 information security survey conducted by PwC. As of 2015, ** percent of respondents indicated that their organization had improved its threat intelligence and awareness through collaboration with other organizations.

In 2024, the number of data compromises in the United States stood at 3,158 cases. Meanwhile, over 1.35 billion individuals were affected in the same year by data compromises, including data breaches, leakage, and exposure. While these are three different events, they have one thing in common. As a result of all three incidents, the sensitive data is accessed by an unauthorized threat actor. Industries most vulnerable to data breaches Some industry sectors usually see more significant cases of private data violations than others. This is determined by the type and volume of the personal information organizations of these sectors store. In 2024 the financial services, healthcare, and professional services were the three industry sectors that recorded most data breaches. Overall, the number of healthcare data breaches in some industry sectors in the United States has gradually increased within the past few years. However, some sectors saw decrease. Largest data exposures worldwide In 2020, an adult streaming website, CAM4, experienced a leakage of nearly 11 billion records. This, by far, is the most extensive reported data leakage. This case, though, is unique because cyber security researchers found the vulnerability before the cyber criminals. The second-largest data breach is the Yahoo data breach, dating back to 2013. The company first reported about one billion exposed records, then later, in 2017, came up with an updated number of leaked records, which was three billion. In March 2018, the third biggest data breach happened, involving India’s national identification database Aadhaar. As a result of this incident, over 1.1 billion records were exposed.

The statistic displays the leading impacts of advanced authentication technologies on organizational cyber security, according to respondents of a 2015 information security survey conducted by PwC. As of 2015, 44 percent of respondents indicated that advanced authentication technologies had made online transactions more secure for their organization.

This statistic illustrates the share of cyber security governance and risk management arrangements that are in place, in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015, by type. In 2015, ** percent of businesses had security risk assessment carried out in the last year.

In 2019, the cybersecurity expenditure accounted for **** percent as the share of the GDP in Thailand. It was also forecasted to reach **** percent by 2025. The cybersecurity spending consists of the expenditure on identity and access management, infrastructure protection, and network security.

The statistic displays the leading impacts of employing a risk-based security cyber security framework, according to respondents to a 2015 information security survey conducted by PwC. As of 2015, ** percent of respondents indicated that risk-based security frameworks had made their organization's sensitive data more secure.

In 2023, 814 companies specializing in cyber information security operated in South Korea. 578 companies out of those were located in the capital city Seoul. Cyber information security consists of products and services that aim to protect systems, software, data, and hardware from criminal access via cyberattacks. Meanwhile, there were 894 physical security companies in business that year, which provided more traditional security measures such as security personnel, video surveillance, access controls, and more. Sales of information security In times of ongoing digitalization, as more devices get connected to the internet and information networks, security is of increasing importance for almost everyone using the internet. Accordingly, security services and products are in high demand, thus leading to growing sales for the information security industry over the last few years. As part of the information security sector, companies specialized in cyber information security also benefited from this trend with equally increasing sales. Common cybersecurity attacks Information security services are meant to prevent security breaches, and the most common type of IT security breach in South Korea was malware attacks utilizing malicious code. Among those attacks, malware aiming for data leakage was the majority. For South Koreans, who generally value their personal data safety, especially on the internet, this represents a serious threat, as the number of malware detections is on the rise.

In 2020, global cyber security spending is projected to reach 124 billion U.S. dollars. In comparison, the cyber insurance market during the same period is only projected to reach 8 billion U.S. dollars worth of gross written premiums. Global cyber insurance spending has been growing at a far slower pace than overall cyber security spending.

The North American cyber security market is estimated at 26.42 billion U.S. dollars in 2015 and is forecast to grow to more than 53 billion U.S. dollars by 2020. Major players in the market include IBM, Cisco, and Symantec.

This statistic presents the market size of the cyber security industry in South Korea from 2015 to 2018, with an estimate for 2019. In 2018, the market size amounted to around 2.06 billion U.S. dollars.

The statistic displays forecast values of the cyber security market in Singapore from 2015 to 2020. According to forecasts, the market value of cyber security services in Singapore will be worth about *** million Singapore dollars.

ICSEC was the most funded cybersecurity company in Poland in the observed period, with a total funding amount of over **** million U.S. dollars. ICSEC is a cybersecurity software company focused on protecting industrial control networks.

This statistic presents the local production value of the cyber security industry in South Korea from 2015 to 2018, with an estimate for 2019. In 2018, the local production value amounted to around **** billion U.S. dollars.

This statistic displays the opinion of the distribution of age groups at which education of cyber security should happen in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2015. Among respondents, ** percent reported an average person should be educated about cyber security between 12 and 17 years of age.

This statistic shows distribution of cyber security spending in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014 and 2015, by sectors. In 2014, it was found that the service sector spent 14 percent of their IT budget on security.

In 2023, the worldwide number of malware attacks reached 6.06 billion, an increase of 10 percent compared to the preceding year. In recent years, the highest number of malware attacks was detected in 2018, when 10.5 billion such attacks were reported across the globe. Malware attacks worldwide In 2022, worm malware was blocked over 205 million times. Another common malware type during that period, Emotet, primarily targeted the Asia-Pacific region. Overall, websites are the most common vector for malware attacks and recent industry data found that malware attacks were frequently received via exe files. Most targeted industries In 2022, the education sector was heavily targeted by malware, encountering 2,314 weekly attacks on average. Government and military organizations ranked second, followed by the healthcare units. Overall, in 2022, the education sector saw over five million malware attacks in the examined year.

This statistic depicts the information technology (IT) security methods used by law firms worldwide between 2015 and 2019. During the 2019 survey, ** percent of law firms reported using ********** authentication for external access.