In 2024, only 4.2 percent of political decision-makers believed that German authorities were well-prepared for cyberattacks. Over half of those surveyed (53.8 percent) stated that cyber preparedness at the federal, state and municipal level was not very high, while around a quarter considered themselves completely unprepared.
How high do you currently rate the cyber defense readiness of the German authorities (federal, state, local)?
The source states that the results are representative due to quotas and weightings, considering the statistical error of 7.9–8.4 percentage points in the respective overall result.
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Civey. (October 10, 2024). How high do you currently rate the cyber defense readiness of the German authorities (federal, state, local)? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1545950/cyber-defense-preparation-germany/
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