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According to a 2023 survey of Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) worldwide, e-mail fraud was a leading cybersecurity risk, with roughly 33 percent naming it as one of the three major cybersecurity threats. A further share of 30 percent of the respondents found insider threats to be a significant risk to their organizations' cyber security. Cloud account compromise and DDoS attacks followed closely, with 29 percent.
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Proofpoint. (May 15, 2023). Most significant cybersecurity threats in organizations worldwide according to Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) as of February 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1350460/cybersecurity-threats-at-companies-worldwide-cisos/
Proofpoint. "Most significant cybersecurity threats in organizations worldwide according to Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) as of February 2023." Chart. May 15, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1350460/cybersecurity-threats-at-companies-worldwide-cisos/
Proofpoint. (2023). Most significant cybersecurity threats in organizations worldwide according to Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) as of February 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1350460/cybersecurity-threats-at-companies-worldwide-cisos/
Proofpoint. "Most Significant Cybersecurity Threats in Organizations Worldwide According to Chief Information Security Officers (Ciso) as of February 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1350460/cybersecurity-threats-at-companies-worldwide-cisos/
Proofpoint, Most significant cybersecurity threats in organizations worldwide according to Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) as of February 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1350460/cybersecurity-threats-at-companies-worldwide-cisos/ (last visited May 19, 2024)
Most significant cybersecurity threats in organizations worldwide according to Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) as of February 2023 [Graph], Proofpoint, May 15, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1350460/cybersecurity-threats-at-companies-worldwide-cisos/