Year-on-year changes in cyber incidents in Canada by type 2022

An October 2021 survey of Canadian tech and security executives found that 23 percent of organizations anticipate a significant year-over-year increase in ransomware attacks in 2022. Furthermore, malware attacks were projected to grow by 43 percent in 2022 compared to 2021.

Estimated year-on-year changes in reportable cyber incidents in organizations in Canada in 2022, by type

Characteristic	Increase significantly	Increase
Ransomware	23%	38%
Attack on cloud services	22%	37%
Disinformation	22%	37%
Business e-mail compromise	22%	33%
Attack on hardware supply chain	21%	34%
State-sponsored attack on critical infrastrcuture	21%	29%
Attack on software supply chain	19%	34%
Malware via software update	18%	43%
Cryptomining	17%	39%
Foreign influence in research and development	10%	46%

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Release date

November 2021

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

October 2021

Number of respondents

114 respondents

Supplementary notes

The original question was formed as follows: "How do you expect a change in reportable incidents for these events in your organization?"

Respondents operate in a range of industries: tech, media and telecom; industrial manufacturing; financial services; retail and consumer markets; energy, utilities and resources; health; and government and public services.

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