In 2013, PwC conducted a survey amongst businesses around the world, asking what issues or factors were driving their company's information security expenditure. More than 40 percent of respondents worldwide highlighted economic conditions as a major factor.
What business issues or factors drive your company's information security spending?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Economic conditions
41.59%
Change and business transformation
29.24%
Business continuity/ disaster recovery
30.26%
Outsourcing
24.53%
Company reputation
30.22%
Regulatory compliance
29.55%
Internal policy compliance
29.54%
Hactivism
16.38%
Intellectual property theft due to nation-state espionage
12.79%
Criminal theft of customer or employee information
* The survey included readers of CIO and CSO magazines and clients of PwC. In total 9,600 CEOs, CFOs, CISOs, CIOs, CSOs, vice presidents, and directors of IT and information security from 115 different countries.
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PwC. (October 31, 2013). What business issues or factors drive your company's information security spending? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 16, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/259091/factors-driving-companys-information-security-spending/
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