Securing the digital city: Cyber-threats and responses is an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report sponsored by NEC. The report analyses the results of a global survey of 200 executives with responsibility for supporting and managing critical infrastructure IT systems, as well as in-depth interviews with senior executives. How safe is your city? Read the report: http://safecities.economist.com/

1. COMPANIES
500m+
87%
COMPANIES
<500m
88%
GLOBALLY
87.5%
Nearly90%ofrespondents"agreestrongly"or"agreesomewhat"
thattheircityneedstobemorealert.
Mycityneedstobemorealerttocriticalinfrastructurecyber-risks
LOWMIDHIGH
7654321
From most(1)toleastlikely(7)
80%oforganisationsagreethatoverthe
nextthreeyears,theproliferationofconnecteddevices,
the‘InternetofThings’and‘BigData’willmakethem
morevulnerabletoaseriouscyber-attack.
L
Sanitation
Sewage
&Rubbish
removal
L
Emergency
Police,
Fire&
Ambulance
L
Healthcare
Healthcentres
&Hospitals
M
Transport
Aviation,
Trains,Bus
&Roads
M
Utilities
Power,
Water&
Gas
H
Financial
ATMs,&
Bankpayment
systems
Information&
Communications
Telecoms,
BroadcastNetworks
&Wifi
Asbothatargetofattacksandthemeansbywhich
theyarecarriedoutonotherservices,informationand
communicationswasratedmostlikelytobeaffected.
Typesofserviceexpectedtobemost
affectedbyaseriouscyber-attack
Amixofall
threesolutions,
depending
onthesituation.
19.5%
Proprietary,in-house
cyber-securitysolution
thatwedeveloped
andmanageourselves.
17%
Acommercial,
off-the-shelfsolution
thatwemostly
manageourselves.
27%
Outsourcetoa
thirdpartytomanage
allormostofour
cyber-security.
34.5%
Cyber-securitysolutionsorganisationscurrentlyhaveinplace
%ofrespondentsagreed
87.5%oforganisations
haveaclearchainofcommand
forreportinganddealingwith
cyber-incursions.
Seriouscyber-attacksustained
whichhaveorwillhavea
materialimpactonoperations
Overthe
NEXTTHREEYEARS
74%
Overthe
PASTFIVEYEARS
36.5%
WhiletheITsystemsofcriticalinfrastructureprovidersfacethesamelevelofriskfrom cyber-attacks
asdootherenterprisesintheprivateandpublicsectors,acyber-attackoncriticalinfrastructure
canhavemuchbroaderanddeeperconsequences
forsocietyandtheeconomy.Thisputsadded
pressureonITdecisionmakersandinfluences
howtheydesign,implementandmaintain
ttheircyber-defences.
Securingthedigitalcity:
Cyber-threatsandresponses
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