The results of a survey conducted in the first semester of 2018 in Italy showed that approximately 77 percent of the Italian companies did not report cyberattacks because they were insignificant.
Main reasons for not reporting cyberattacks in Italy in 2018
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Insignificant cyberattack
77.42%
Company/Entity policy
9.68%
Did not want to share information about security vulnerabilities of the company
The source adds the following information: responding companies are divided as follows 43.7 % are companies with up to 49 employees, 22.6% are companies with 50 to 250 employees and 33.6 % are companies with over 250 employees equally divided in three branches, 251-1000, 1001-5000, over 5001.
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Osservatorio Attacchi Digitali. (July 1, 2019). Main reasons for not reporting cyberattacks in Italy in 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/620237/cybersecurity-reasons-for-not-reporting-cyberattacks-in-italy/
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