This statistic presents the business environments most commonly affected by security breaches worldwide in 2016 and 2017. In the most recent year, 38 percent of security professionals stated that their operations environment was most likely to be affected by security breaches.
Business environments most commonly affected by security breaches according to security professionals worldwide in 2016 and 2017
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Cisco Systems (Cisco Security Research). (February 27, 2018). Business environments most commonly affected by security breaches according to security professionals worldwide in 2016 and 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/881174/business-environments-most-affected-by-security-breaches/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Cisco Systems (Cisco Security Research). "Business environments most commonly affected by security breaches according to security professionals worldwide in 2016 and 2017." Chart. February 27, 2018. Statista. Accessed February 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/881174/business-environments-most-affected-by-security-breaches/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Cisco Systems (Cisco Security Research). (2018). Business environments most commonly affected by security breaches according to security professionals worldwide in 2016 and 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/881174/business-environments-most-affected-by-security-breaches/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Cisco Systems (Cisco Security Research). "Business Environments Most Commonly Affected by Security Breaches According to Security Professionals Worldwide in 2016 and 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Feb 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/881174/business-environments-most-affected-by-security-breaches/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Cisco Systems (Cisco Security Research), Business environments most commonly affected by security breaches according to security professionals worldwide in 2016 and 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/881174/business-environments-most-affected-by-security-breaches/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited February 19, 2025)
Business environments most commonly affected by security breaches according to security professionals worldwide in 2016 and 2017 [Graph], Cisco Systems (Cisco Security Research), February 27, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/881174/business-environments-most-affected-by-security-breaches/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed