Computer crime remains a serious threat to companies in Germany. More than one in three companies has fallen victim to computer crime in the past two years. This is shown by the results of our latest e-Crime study, for which we spoke to 750 representative companies.
Data theft, computer fraud or sabotage: this is how dangerous computer crime is
The dangers vary: companies see a high or very high risk primarily from data theft, computer fraud and system damage or computer sabotage. Companies now consider the risk of their own organisation being affected by e-crime to be higher than two years ago.
These are the biggest hurdles in the defence against e-crime
When it comes to internal recruitment and training to prevent, detect and respond to e-crime, 58 per cent of companies have difficulties - a high compared to 2022 (28 per cent) and 2019 (32 per cent).
Michael Sauermann
Partner, Forensic
KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
How affected companies protect themselves
Investing in training and sensitising employees to cybercrime continues to be of great importance. Technology is another decisive factor in preventing cyber incidents. The discovery of e-crime now rarely happens by chance.
66 per cent of companies see a lack of security culture among employees and a lack of understanding of security as factors that favour e-crime. To minimise this risk, 74 percent of companies rely on training to raise employee awareness.
You can find all the results of the survey and a detailed analysis of the figures in our study "e-Crime: Computer Crime in the German Economy 2024".