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Salient threats to sensitive or confidential data worldwide FY2016-FY2018

Leading threats to sensitive or confidential data worldwide in FY2016 and FY2017

The data displays the leading threats to sensitive or confidential data worldwide in FY2016 and FY2017. As of January 2018, in FY2017, 47% of the respondents said that employee mistakes posed the greatest risk to sensitive or confidential data.

Employee mistakes	54	47
System or process malfunction	29	31
Hackers	30	30
Temporary or contract workers	22	22
Malicious insiders	24	22
Third-party service providers	19	19
Government eavesdropping	18	17
Lawful data request (e.g., by police)	12	12

Salient threats to sensitive or confidential data worldwide FY2016-FY2018

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