This statistic presents a ranking of the biggest cyber security problems facing the U.S. government according to adults in the United States. During the January 2017 survey period, 72 percent of respondents stated that hacking by foreign governments was the U.S. government's biggest cyber security problem.
Biggest cyber security problems facing the U.S. government according to adults in the United States as of January 2017
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Hacking by foreign governments
72%
Securing confidential intelligence reports
23%
Securing citizen records (ex. IRS filings)
17%
Eavesdropping through smart technology
11%
Securing records of military personnel
11%
Interfering with elections through propaganda
10%
Interfering with elections by hacking the counting of ballots
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Blumberg Capital. (February 8, 2017). Biggest cyber security problems facing the U.S. government according to adults in the United States as of January 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/676601/biggest-us-government-cyber-security-problems/
Blumberg Capital. "Biggest cyber security problems facing the U.S. government according to adults in the United States as of January 2017." Chart. February 8, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/676601/biggest-us-government-cyber-security-problems/
Blumberg Capital. (2017). Biggest cyber security problems facing the U.S. government according to adults in the United States as of January 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/676601/biggest-us-government-cyber-security-problems/
Blumberg Capital. "Biggest Cyber Security Problems Facing The U.S. Government According to Adults in The United States as of January 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Feb 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/676601/biggest-us-government-cyber-security-problems/
Blumberg Capital, Biggest cyber security problems facing the U.S. government according to adults in the United States as of January 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/676601/biggest-us-government-cyber-security-problems/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Biggest cyber security problems facing the U.S. government according to adults in the United States as of January 2017 [Graph], Blumberg Capital, February 8, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/676601/biggest-us-government-cyber-security-problems/
