Latin America: main IT security incidents among companies 2021

Published by
Tiago Bianchi,
Dec 15, 2023
During a 2021 survey conducted among security professionals in companies across Latin America, 24 percent of respondents stated that the company they worked for had been infected by malware. Meanwhile, 17 percent reported social engineering attacks, while 13 percent reported unauthorized accesses to their business applications and/or databases.

Leading IT security incidents among companies in Latin America in 2021

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Release date

July 2022

Region

LAC

Survey time period

2021

Number of respondents

1,800 security professionals from organizations across Latin America*

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* The report collects information from companies located in 14 different countries in the region, including Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Guatemala.

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