This statistic presents the number of cyber security incident reports by federal agencies in the United States from the fiscal year 2006 to 2018. During the most recently published year, U.S. government agencies reported 31,107 cyber incidents, an approximately 11.8 percent decrease from the previous year.
Number of cyber security incident reports by federal agencies in the United States from FY 2006 to 2018
*The decrease in the number of cyber incidents reported in fiscal year 2016 was likely a result of the change in federal incident reporting guidelines. For fiscal year 2016, agencies were no longer required to report non-cyber incidents or incidents categorized as scans, probes, and attempted access. In fiscal year 2015, we reported that that these types of incidents made up 25 percent and 19 percent of the reported types of incidents across the federal government in fiscal year 2014,
respectively.
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GAO. (July 26, 2019). Number of cyber security incident reports by federal agencies in the United States from FY 2006 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 26, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/677015/number-cyber-incident-reported-usa-gov/
GAO. "Number of cyber security incident reports by federal agencies in the United States from FY 2006 to 2018." Chart. July 26, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/677015/number-cyber-incident-reported-usa-gov/
GAO. (2019). Number of cyber security incident reports by federal agencies in the United States from FY 2006 to 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/677015/number-cyber-incident-reported-usa-gov/
GAO. "Number of Cyber Security Incident Reports by Federal Agencies in The United States from Fy 2006 to 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/677015/number-cyber-incident-reported-usa-gov/
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