This statistic shows the most common avenues of external attacks in the prior year on organizations in Europe and North America, according to a survey conducted between April and May 2014. As of May 2014, 32 percent of respondents reported the use of stolen credentials in external attacks on their organization in the previous 12 months.
How was the external attack on your company in the past 12 months carried out?
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Forrester Research. (April 22, 2015). How was the external attack on your company in the past 12 months carried out? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 10, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/500711/worldwide-it-vulnerabilities-attack-avenues/
Forrester Research. "How was the external attack on your company in the past 12 months carried out?." Chart. April 22, 2015. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/500711/worldwide-it-vulnerabilities-attack-avenues/
Forrester Research. (2015). How was the external attack on your company in the past 12 months carried out?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/500711/worldwide-it-vulnerabilities-attack-avenues/
Forrester Research. "How Was The External Attack on Your Company in The past 12 Months Carried Out?." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Apr 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/500711/worldwide-it-vulnerabilities-attack-avenues/
Forrester Research, How was the external attack on your company in the past 12 months carried out? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/500711/worldwide-it-vulnerabilities-attack-avenues/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
How was the external attack on your company in the past 12 months carried out? [Graph], Forrester Research, April 22, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/500711/worldwide-it-vulnerabilities-attack-avenues/