Insider threat as an element of breaches worldwide 2017 l Statistic

This statistic presents the percentage of cyber breaches worldwide with insider threat present from 2012 to 2017. According to McKinsey & Company, it was found that insider threat was an element of a data breach in 50 percent of the occurrences.

Share of cyber breaches worldwide with insider threat present from 2012 to 2017

Characteristic	Percentage of cyber breaches
Present	50%
Not present	50%

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Release date

September 2018

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2012 to 2017

Number of respondents

7,385 respondents

Special properties

publicly reported breaches

Supplementary notes

Figures are approximate and may not sum up to 100 percent due to rounding.
Region is presumed.

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