21.5% of EU enterprises experienced ICT security incidents in 2023, resulting in various consequences such as the unavailability of ICT services, destruction or corruption of data or disclosure of confidential data.
In data released during European Cybersecurity Month by EU statistics agency Eurostat, the highest shares of enterprises experiencing ICT security incidents with consequences were found in Finland, with more than two-fifths (42.2%), followed by Poland (32.5%) and Malta (28.7%). At the other end of the scale, the lowest shares were in Austria (11.5%), Slovenia (11.6%) and Bulgaria (12.1%).
The enterprises most affected by ICT-related security incidents in 2023 were in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply sector (28.8%), information and communication (27.9%), professional, scientific and technical activities (26.8%), real estate activities (25.0%) and water supply including sewerage, waste management and remediation activities (24.1%).
Statistics Explained on ICT security in enterprises, Eurostat
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