Threat actor groups include violent criminals, petty criminals, economic criminals, terrorists and subversives - hackers, protestors, or spies.
The two groups predicted to cause the most security incidents in the next year are subversives and economic criminals at 50% and 49% respectively. This is a significant increase on the previous year.
North America will be the region most impacted by both economic criminals and subversives.
Security incidents committed by terrorists are expected to rise from 19% to 26% next year at a global level.
In North America, CSOs expect security incidents by violent criminals to increase from 41% to 49% over the next 12 months.
Globally, CSOs predict that security threats from violent criminals will increase next year, from 27% to 33%.
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Threats By Groups - Experienced vs Expected Threats
Global Average
We asked CSOs if their company experienced security incidents involving any of the following threat actor groups in the last 12 months - and which of these groups they expect to be a genuine security threat over the next 12 months.
Most Experienced Threats by Threat Actor Groups
Regional Comparison
These graphs show that North America is the region most affected by threat actor groups last year - and CSOs in the region expect to be more affected by threat actor groups in the next 12 months than any other region.