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Cyberattacks can be devastating, but how a company chooses to respond to an attack can make a significant difference to its impact. Through a survey conducted by GlobalData, companies from across the globe provide insight into how they responded to a cybersecurity breach
Cyberattacks are an increasingly common part of doing business in the digital world. In a survey conducted by GlobalData, a third of companies had experienced some form of data breach malicious intrusion or known or attempted cyberattack within the prior year.
66 out of 203
Companies
Yes
32.51%
82 out of 203
Companies
No
40.39%
55 out of 203
Companies
Don't know
27.09%
However, while cyberattacks are undoubtedly a cause for concern, for a significant minority of businesses they had no notable impact on the company, with only a small number having a significant impact.
Total 66
Companies
24.24%
39.39%
24.24%
None – No notable cost/business impact
12.12%
0%
Low – Minor cost/business impact
Moderate - Moderate cost/business impact
Very High – Catastrophic incident involving loss of business, customers, reputation, etc.
High – Significant cost/business impact
16 out of 66 Companies
26 out of 66 Companies
16 out of 66 Companies
8 out of 66 Companies
0 out of 66 Companies
A quick response can be critical to a cyberattack, and companies are increasingly implementing effective cybersecurity responses. Of those affected, almost half were able to pinpoint and mitigate the breach within a matter of hours.
Total 66 Companies
A few hours or less
46.97%
31 Companies
One day
15.15%
Two days
16.67%
More than two days
46.97%
Don't know
9.09%
10 Companies
11 Companies
8 Companies
6 Companies
As expected, in general a worse attack took longer to mitigate, although companies did report a significant variation in the time taken to handle the same severity of attack.
None – No notable cost/business impact
A few hours or less
39%
12
0%
0
One day
Two days
More than two days
2
1
18%
13%
Low – Minor cost/business impact
A few hours or less
42%
13
20%
2
One day
Two days
Morethan
two days
7
3
64%
38%
Moderate - Moderate cost/business impact
A few hours or less
16%
5
70%
7
One day
Two days
More than two days
2
0
18%
0%
High – Significant cost/business impact
A few hours or less
3%
1
10%
1
One day
Two days
More than two days
0
4
50%
0%
While all businesses need to be aware of the risks of cyberattacks, not all industries surveyed reported being equally impacted. Out of the businesses surveyed, a disproportionate number of those in government, communications and IT and business and professional services reported being the target of attacks. By contrast, those in the education industry reported a lower incidence of attacks.
Company type - overall
Company type - data breach
Being in a particular region seems to make little difference to your likelihood of attack, with very little difference between the percentage of respondents in each part of the world and the regional split of those attacked.
Respondents by region – experienced an attack
Respondents by region – overall
Information courtesy of Global Data: 203 participants surveyed on 5th April 2017
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