According to a 2022 cyber security survey conducted among companies in the Asia-Pacific region, the leading cause of cyber incidents were malware and spyware. In contrast, seven percent of the surveyed companies had been targeted by zero-day exploits before.
Leading causes of cyber incidents reported at companies in the Asia-Pacific region in 2022
among company decision-makers in IT, risk, security, and legal professions from Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore*
Method of interview
Online interview
Supplementary notes
* Around 100 respondents per country. Respondents were from companies with turnovers exceeding ten million U.S. dollars.
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