Cyber attack entry points among European and U.S. companies 2021

Published by Ani Petrosyan, Jul 7, 2022
According to a survey of organizations across Europe and the U.S. in 2021, the most common first point of entry for a cyber attack was through a corporate-owned server. The second most common point of entry was corporate cloud servers, followed by the company website.

First point of entry for a cyber attack on European and U.S. firms in 2021

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Release date

April 2021

Region

Europe, United States

Survey time period

November 2020 to January 2021

Number of respondents

6,042 respondents

Special properties

based on a survey of executives, departmental heads, IT managers and other key professionals

Supplementary notes

Drawn from a representative sample of 6,042 organisations across eight countries by size and sector (1,000 plus each from the USA, UK, France and Germany; more than 500 each from Belgium, Spain and The Netherlands; and 300 plus from the Republic of Ireland)
Respondents chose all that applied.

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