In 2024, excessive data access, often resulting from overprivileged accounts, was considered the main challenge around data security by around 57 percent of respondent organizations worldwide. At the same time, about half of the respondents claimed the lack of visibility into existing sensitive data in the environment also constituted a primary data security challenge.
Primary challenges around data security worldwide in 2024
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Cybersecurity Insiders, & Cyera. (September 9, 2024). Primary challenges around data security worldwide in 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 21, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1548526/global-challenges-in-data-security/
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