Share of cyberattacks in global industries worldwide 2023

In 2023, manufacturing saw the highest share of cyberattacks among the leading industries worldwide. During the examined year, manufacturing companies encountered nearly a quarter of the total cyberattacks. Finance and insurance organizations followed, with around 18 percent. Professional, business, and consumer services ranked third, with 15.4 percent of reported cyberattacks.

Healthcare industry and cyberattacks

The healthcare industry is considered one of the most vulnerable sectors to cybercrime. Between October 2021 and September 2022, healthcare organizations worldwide saw various cyberattacks, mostly network and application, as well as malware. Additionally, this sector had the highest average data breach cost throughout recent years, amounting to nearly 11 million U.S. dollars.

IT perspective and prevention

With recent technology developments, cybersecurity is crucial to an organization’s success. Realizing this, companies have been gradually increasing cybersecurity investments. Thus, in 2024, the cybersecurity budget worldwide was forecast to increase to nearly 283 billion U.S. dollars. Roughly nine in ten board directors of companies worldwide in professional services and media and entertainment industries say they expect an increase in the cybersecurity budget.