This statistic displays the biggest security threat according to senior technology decision makers at leading law firms in the United States in 2017. During the survey, 49 percent of respondents stated that the biggest threat to their firm was outsiders trying to break into the network.
What do you perceive as the biggest security threat to your firm?
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The American Lawyer. (October 31, 2017). What do you perceive as the biggest security threat to your firm? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/877716/biggest-it-security-threat-to-law-firms-in-the-us/
The American Lawyer. "What do you perceive as the biggest security threat to your firm?." Chart. October 31, 2017. Statista. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/877716/biggest-it-security-threat-to-law-firms-in-the-us/
The American Lawyer. (2017). What do you perceive as the biggest security threat to your firm?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/877716/biggest-it-security-threat-to-law-firms-in-the-us/
The American Lawyer. "What Do You Perceive as The Biggest Security Threat to Your Firm?." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/877716/biggest-it-security-threat-to-law-firms-in-the-us/
The American Lawyer, What do you perceive as the biggest security threat to your firm? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/877716/biggest-it-security-threat-to-law-firms-in-the-us/ (last visited May 11, 2024)
What do you perceive as the biggest security threat to your firm? [Graph], The American Lawyer, October 31, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/877716/biggest-it-security-threat-to-law-firms-in-the-us/