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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Global organizations unprepared for cyber security risks 2019-2022, by risk type
Between 2019 and 2022, the share of worldwide organizations that felt unprepared for phishing attacks decreased almost . A similar dynamic was also detected 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 ** to ** percent.
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