Cybercrime annually represents the 0,8 % of gross domestic product (GDP) worldwide, more than 6.100 million dollars, according to Brett Kelsey, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Latin America at Intel Security. And this figure does not stop increasing year after year.
The infographic that we bring you today, conducted by the firm Grant Thornton and through LawAndTrends, based on a survey conducted between 2.500 business executives en 36 economies around the world. In it, the 32% of medium and large Spanish companies admit to having suffered at least one computer attack.
The price of these cyberattacks during 2016? A direct cost of 265 million euros for the companies concerned without taking into account customer losses, reputation costs, the loss of competitiveness...
As if that were not enough, one 46% of European companies surveyed refuse to comment on the concrete impacts of cyberattacks suffered.
"It demonstrates the aversion of victim companies to publicly acknowledge their cybersecurity problems.. That is to some extent logical but at the same time favors criminal activities such as extortion over, For example, the threat to make a hack public". – Luis Pastor, managing partner of Technological Consulting and Innovation of Grant Thornton in Spain
Below you can consult the complete infographic:
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