This statistic presents a ranking of the biggest cyber security problems facing the U.S. government according to adults in the United States. During the January 2017 survey period, 72 percent of respondents stated that hacking by foreign governments was the U.S. government's biggest cyber security problem.
Biggest cyber security problems facing the U.S. government according to adults in the United States as of January 2017
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Blumberg Capital. (February 8, 2017). Biggest cyber security problems facing the U.S. government according to adults in the United States as of January 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/676601/biggest-us-government-cyber-security-problems/
Blumberg Capital. "Biggest cyber security problems facing the U.S. government according to adults in the United States as of January 2017." Chart. February 8, 2017. Statista. Accessed June 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/676601/biggest-us-government-cyber-security-problems/
Blumberg Capital. (2017). Biggest cyber security problems facing the U.S. government according to adults in the United States as of January 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/676601/biggest-us-government-cyber-security-problems/
Blumberg Capital. "Biggest Cyber Security Problems Facing The U.S. Government According to Adults in The United States as of January 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Feb 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/676601/biggest-us-government-cyber-security-problems/
Blumberg Capital, Biggest cyber security problems facing the U.S. government according to adults in the United States as of January 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/676601/biggest-us-government-cyber-security-problems/ (last visited June 01, 2023)
Biggest cyber security problems facing the U.S. government according to adults in the United States as of January 2017 [Graph], Blumberg Capital, February 8, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/676601/biggest-us-government-cyber-security-problems/