The number of companies reporting cybersecurity as a risk factor in SEC filings

jumped a massive from 2012 to 2016.

2016

2012

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Jan 1 – Oct. 31, 2017

1,6801,662

1,413

982

701

446

10MONTHS

Total number of public companies to disclose cyberscurity as a risk factor, based on 10-K and 10-Q SEC filings.

38% of U.S. public companies cite cybersecurity as a risk factor in their annual and quarterly SEC filings.

12074 93

213 183212

592

156

1536

Number of companies to disclose cybersecurity as a risk factor, by revenue, from Jan. 1 – Oct. 31, 2017.

RISKY BUSINESSSEC Cybersecurity Risk Factor Disclosure Trends

597%

Source: Intelligize/U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

The topic of cybersecurity on earning calls for public companies increased

from 2012 to 2017.

20172012