Year-on-year changes in cyber incidents in Canada by actor 2022

An October 2021 survey of Canadian tech and security executives found that more than 30 percent of respondents expected a significant increase in cyber attacks from cyber criminals in 2022. According to the same survey, 33 percent of the respondents said cyber threats involving past employees would increase.

Estimated year-on-year changes in reportable cyber incidents in organizations in Canada in 2022, by threat actor

Characteristic	Increase significantly	Increase
Cyber criminals	32%	39%
Current employee	22%	32%
Third party or contractor	20%	31%
Hacktivist/hacker	18%	40%
Competitor	18%	32%
Nation states	15%	40%
Past employee	15%	33%

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Release date

November 2021

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

October 2021

Number of respondents

114 respondents

Supplementary notes

The original question was formed as follows: "How do you expect threats via these vectors/actors to change in 2022 compared to 2021?"

Respondents operate in a range of industries: tech, media and telecom; industrial manufacturing; financial services; retail and consumer markets; energy, utilities and resources; health; and government and public services.

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