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Because of the increasing prevalence of cybercrime and the very serious repercussions of cyberattack, managing risk in the business arena these days includes cybersecurity. Check out these cybercrime statistics to see why cybersecurity is a growing concern for small and medium sized businesses.
1. 43% of cyberattacks target small businesses
Symantec https://www.symantec.com/content/dam/symantec/docs/infographics/istr-attackers-strike-large-business-en.pdf
2. 8.19 billion malware attacks were attempted in 2015, up from 4.2 billion in 2014
Dell https://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/vn/press-releases/2016-02-22-annual-threat-report-details-the-cybercrime-trends
3. 429 million personal records are reported to have been stolen or lost
Symantec https://www.symantec.com/security-center/threat-report
4. 75% of legitimate websites contain vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers
Symantec https://www.symantec.com/security-center/threat-report
5. 100,000 IP addresses used for cyberattack are added to the blacklist each day.
Webroot 2016 Threat Brief http://webroot-cms-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/7814/5617/2382/Webroot-2016-Threat-Brief.pdf
6. 55% increase in phishing that targets employees in 2015
Symantec https://www.symantec.com/content/dam/symantec/docs/infographics/istr-attackers-strike-large-business-en.pdf
7. 458% Increase in hacker searches for vulnerabilities in the IoT (Internet of Things)
AT&T Cybersecurity Insights Report http://about.att.com/story/cybersecurity_insights_report.html
8. 68% of businesses who experience a cyberattack are victims more than once
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
9. $20,752 is the average cost of a cyberattack for a small business
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
10. $2 trillion is the cost of cybercrime for businesses globally by the year 2019
Juniper Research https://www.juniperresearch.com/press/press-releases/cybercrime-cost-businesses-over-2trillion
Learn more about how the evolving cybercriminal ecosystem has made businesses more vulnerable to cyberattack by watching our on-demand webinar.
