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- Information security products and services market revenue worldwide from 2011 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)Total revenue global information security market 2011-2019
- Information security spending worldwide from 2017 to 2019 (in million U.S. dollars), by segmentTotal spending on global information security market by segment 2017-2019
- Security software revenue worldwide from 2009 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Security software: global revenue 2009-2017
- Security software revenue growth over previous year worldwide from 2009 to 2017Security software: growth of global revenue 2009-2017
- Market forecast for industrial cybersecurity hardware, software, and services worldwide, in 2017 and 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)Industrial cybersecurity market worldwide 2017-2020
- Projected royalty revenue from cybersecurity software programs worldwide in 2023, by category (in million U.S. dollars)Royalty revenue from cybersecurity software programs - projection 2023
- Market share held by the leading Windows anti-malware application vendors worldwide, as of August 2018Global market share held by Windows anti-malware vendors 2018
- Cyber crime and malware infections
- Amount of monetary damage caused by reported cyber crime to the IC3 from 2001 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)IC3: total damage caused by reported cyber crime 2001-2017
- Number of compromised data records in selected data breaches as of November 2018 (in millions)Cyber crime: biggest online data breaches 2007-2018
- Leading threat action varieties within global industrial cyber espionage incidents in 2016Cyber espionage: threat action varieties 2016
- Types of cyber crime most frequently reported to the IC3 in 2017, by victim countMost commonly reported types of cyber crime 2017
- Industries most frequently targeted by denial of service (DDoS) attacks worldwide as of 4th quarter 2017Leading industries targeted by DDoS attack traffic 2017
- Online industries most targeted by phishing attacks as of 2nd quarter 2018Phishing: most targeted industry sectors 2018
- Countries with the highest rate of malware infected computers as of 4th quarter 2016Countries with the highest malware infection rate 2016
- Number of unique phishing sites detected worldwide from 3rd quarter 2013 to 2nd quarter 2018Number of global phishing sites as of 2nd quarter 2018
- Mobile security
- Distribution of new mobile malware worldwide in 2017, by typeDistribution of mobile malware worldwide 2017, by type
- Cumulative number of mobile malware families from 2011 to 2016Cumulative mobile malware families 2012-2016
- Development of new Android malware worldwide from January 2011 to March 2018Development of Android malware worldwide 2011-2018
- Percentage of mobile users who have fallen victim to mobile malware infections in 3rd quarter 2018, by countryCountries with highest mobile malware encounter rate Q1 2018
- Number of detected malicious installation packages on mobile devices worldwide from 4th quarter 2015 to 3rd quarter 2018Volume of detected mobile malware packages as of Q1 2018
- Attitudes towards mobile payments according to online shoppers in the United States in 2017U.S. shopper mobile payment attitudes 2017
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- Which IT security tasks are you facing the most pressure to address?Most pressing cyber security issues according to infosec professionals worldwide 2018
- Security technologies that will increase in importance over the next three years according to senior information technology practitioners worldwide as of 2017Technologies with increasing importance according to IT practitioners worldwide 2017
- Use of enterprise-wide encryption solutions worldwide from FY2012 to FY2017, by industryEnterprise-wide encryption solution usage worldwide 2012-2017, by industry
- Leading drivers of enterprise encryption technology solutions worldwide in FY2016 and FY2017Enterprise encryption solution usage drivers worldwide FY2016-FY2018
- Leading threats to sensitive or confidential data worldwide in FY2016 and FY2017Salient threats to sensitive or confidential data worldwide FY2016-FY2018
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