Cyber Security Statistics

43% of organizations say their information security function is now part of their organizations’ risk management function.
–Ernst & Young, November 2006

The average loss per phishing victim jumped from $257 in 2005 to $1,244 in 2006.
–Gartner Inc., November 2006

1 in 3 workers jot down their computer password, undermining their security.
–Nucleus Research and KnowledgeStorm, November 2006

73% of computers use spam blockers.
–Arbitron/Edison Media, October 2006

Roughly 1 in 3 computer users has been a victim of viruses, spyware or phishing.
–Consumer Reports, September 2006

U.S. consumers spent $7.8 billion over the last two years for computer repairs, parts and replacements because of malware attacks.
–Consumer Reports, September 2006

The average cost of insider data breaches is $3.4 million per business per year.
–Ponemon Institute/ArcSight, September 2006

1/5 of all e-mail messages received by corporate servers are spam.
–Panda Software, September 2006

1 in 20 e-mails are infected with malware.
–Panda Software, September 2006

64% of small businesses say they’ve taken action to better protect customer financial information.
–VISA USA/US Chamber of Commerce, July 2006

72% of businesses express concern about information and/or physical security of company assets located off-premise.
–Runzheimer International, July 2006

Asia is the top spam-relaying continent, responsible for 42.8%.
–Sophos, June 2006

US users land on malicious websites about 285 million times per month by clicking on results from the five major search engines.
–McAfee Inc., May 2006

85% say handheld devices used in their organization should require security protection.
–FierceWireless/BluefireWireless Security, April 2006

68% of information security professionals at large organizations say laptops pose the biggest security risk.
–Enterprise Strategy Group, March 2006

Computer security threats, including viruses, worms and Trojan horses were up 48% in 2005 from the previous year.
–Sophos, January 2006

Phishing grew from an average of 2.99 million messages, to 5.70 million.
–Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, October 2005

People who bank online are less likely to become victims of fraud and suffer an average loss of $551 compared to $4,500 for paper and mail bankers.
–Javelin Strategy & Research, December 2005

20% of consumers terminated a relationship with a company after being notified of a security breach.
–Ponemon Institute, December 2005

Total cybercrime losses in 2005 were $130.1 million; the majority of the losses were due to viruses, unauthorized access to computer systems and theft of propriety information.
–CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, October 2005

12% of respondents say their confidence in a company had actually increased after they were notified of a personal data security breach; 58% said a breach had decreased their sense of trust and confidence in the organization.
–Ponemon Institute LLC, October 2005

Anti-spam product and service revenues are expected to reach $1.7 billion by 2008.
–IDC, July 2005

More than 90% of internet users have changed their habits to try and reduce their exposure to spyware.
–Pew Internet & American Life Project, July 2005

Over 80% of internet users no longer open attachments from unknown sources.
–Pew Internet & American Life Project, July 2005

60% of internet users who report computer problems do not know the source.
–Pew Internet & American Life Project, July 2005

25% of internet users say they always read user agreements, privacy statements or other disclaimers before installing or downloading files from the internet.
–Pew Internet & American Life Project, July 2005

63% more computers were infested with malicious code–i.e. spyware, adware, etc.–in the first six months of 2005 than all of 2004.
–McAfee, August 2005