Cybercrime concerns among utility executives worldwide 2017

This statistic provides the leading concerns over cybercrime attacks among utility executives worldwide as of 2017. During the survey, 53 percent of respondents said that compromising employee and/or customer safety was the main concern.

Leading concerns about cybersecurity attacks among utility executives worldwide as of 2017*

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Interruption to supply	57%
Compromising employee and/or customer safety	53%
Theft of sensitive customer or employee data	51%
Theft of company data/intellectual property	45%
Destruction of physical assets	43%
Cyber ransom	31%
Denial of acces or defacement of company websites including customer areas	27%

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Release date

October 2017

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2017

Number of respondents

>100 utility executives from over 20 countries

Supplementary notes

* Original question: "To what extent do the following effects of cybersecurity attacks concern you?" Based on those that answered "To a great extent."

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