According to a 2023 survey among global leaders of businesses or cybersecurity, 33 percent of the respondents said losing access to important goods or services was their main cybersecurity concern. Cyber extortion ranked second, with 27 percent of respondents stating it. Some 17 percent said losing their money or data concerns them the most.
Leading personal concerns of cyber and business leaders worldwide regarding cybersecurity as of October 2023
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Losing access to/reliability of important goods or services (e.g. communication, transportation, medicine, banking, etc.) due to a cyberattack
33%
Cyber extortion (e.g. ransomware, blackmail)
27%
Losing my own money or data
17%
Identity theft
11%
Monitoring/hacking of my personal life (government, corporation, etc.)
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