Cyber Security
Cyber Risk Management
Here are just some of the cyber statistics from The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)
Here are just some of the cyber statistics from The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)
2020 -2021 Financial Year the ASCS Observed:
- Over 67,500 cybercrime reports, an increase of nearly 13 per cent from the previous financial year.
- Self-reported losses from cybercrime total more than $33 billion.
- Approximately one quarter of reported cyber security incidents affected entities associated with Australia’s critical infrastructure.
- Over 1,500 cybercrime reports of malicious cyber activity related to the coronavirus pandemic (approximately four per day).
- More than 75 per cent of pandemic-related cybercrime reports involved Australians losing money or personal information.
- Nearly 500 ransomware cybercrime reports, an increase of nearly 15 per cent from the previous financial year.
- Fraud, online shopping scams and online banking scams were the top reported cybercrime types.
- An increase in the average severity and impact of reported cyber security incidents, with nearly half categorised as ‘substantial’.