12 Must-Know Cybersecurity Stats of 2014

12 Must-Know Cybersecurity Stats of 2014

1.) Hackers have exposed the personal information of 110 million Americans – roughly half of the nation’s adults – in the last 12 months.


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2.) Globally, �cyber crime costs businesses �$365-$575 billion annually and causes a net loss of up to 200,000 jobs in the U.S. alone.


3.) 47% of U.S. Adults Had their personal information "exposed by hackers in 2014.

4.) 43% of C-level Execs"Say negligent insiders "

are the greatest threat to sensitive data.


5.) 92% of data breaches can be described by just nine distinct patterns

! Cyber-Espionage

! DOS attacks

! Crimeware

! Web App Attacks

!  Insider Misuse

! Miscellaneous errors

! Physical Theft and Loss

! Payment Card Skimmers


6.) With the number of exploitable browser vulnerabilities accelerating this year, 72% of the 685 IT decision-makers questioned said this made security difficult in their organization, more so than any other issue.


7.) 19% of major cyber attacks reported are considered “constant” by the targeted organization. ��This is up dramatically from a reported 6% in previous years, not even including weeklong and month-long attacks.


8.) Despite Mac OSX’s reputation for being the most immune OS to malwares and bugs, users have received over 1,499 new malicious programs.


9.) Geographically, Mac users in US suffered the most malware infections in 2014, contributing to 39.14% of all reported attacks, followed by Germany 12.56%, Japan 5.51% UK 5.49% Russia 4.87% and France 3.69%.


10.) While a significant level of business decision-makers acknowledge the importance of data (82%), only a minority (35%) report that their organization spends at least 10% of its IT budget on data security.


11.) Looking Ahead: In 2015, the security service spending is projected to amount to $49,140 million U.S. dollars worldwide. �


12.) Around 1 in 3 senior executives is unaware of the amount of IT budget allocated to data security in their organization or admits that it is not a high priority.


Thanks for Viewing! Sources for the 12 Must-Know Cybersecurity Stats for 2014: !  1.) http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/28/technology/security/hack-data-breach/, Ponemon Institute. !  2.) http://blog.wildpackets.com/2014/10/28/10-cyber-security-stats-every-cio-should-know.html, McAfee, “Net Losses:

Estimating the Global Cost of Cybercrime” !  3.) http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/28/technology/security/hack-data-breach/, Ponemon Institute !  4.) http://blog.wildpackets.com/2014/10/28/10-cyber-security-stats-every-cio-should-know.html, IBM services !  5.) http://www.verizonenterprise.com/DBIR/2014/insider/, Verizon, “2014 Data Breach Investigations Report” !  6.) http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=17745, Malwarebytes !  7.) http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=17742, Radware !  8.) http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/30999/cyber-crime/mac-os-x-no-malware-immune.html, Kaspersky Labs !  9.) http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/30999/cyber-crime/mac-os-x-no-malware-immune.html, Kaspersky Labs !  10.) http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/senior-execs-undervalue-data/ , NTT Com Security !  11.) http://www.statista.com/statistics/217362/worldwide-it-security-spending-since-2010/, Statista !  12.) http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/senior-execs-undervalue-data/, NTT Com Security


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12 Must-Know Cybersecurity Stats of 2014