From 2021 to 2023, the share of cyber incidents detected by an organization's own resources decreased from 82 percent to 78 percent. In contrast, the share of cyber incidents identified by external or third-party organizations increased to 16 percent of incident discoveries in 2023. Overall, the majority of cyber incidents were still discovered internally.
Distribution of sources for discovering cyber incidents among organizations worldwide from 2021 to 2023
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