The Cyber Threat Landscape in Malaysia

Malaysia has experienced more cyberattacks than any other country in the APAC. Seventy-six percent of the 100 organizations surveyed reported a cyberattack, this is almost twice the number reported by Hong Kong, which reported the lowest at 43%.

The country’s concern around data loss caused by a cyber incident was also joint highest with Indonesia (82%). Malaysian businesses’ concern for data loss is substantiated by the reported impacts, with 57% of incidents resulting in data loss.

Malaysian organizations prefer to invest in monitoring (83%) their security network, moving to cloud (78%) and increasing budget/spending (77%) to address cyber security threats. 

Dive Deeper

The APAC State of Incident Report 2022 surveyed 700 information security executives across Australia, Japan, Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia. To understand more of the efforts and investment priorities to minimize the cyber security threats of the businesses, please download the full report here. 

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