This statistic presents the likelihood of cyber threat defense usage worldwide as of 2017, by organization size. According to the findings, 40 percent of small and medium businesses with a organization size ranging from 250 to 499 employees stated that they currently employed data loss prevention methods.
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Which of these types of cyber security threat defenses does your organization currently use?
Organization site
250-499
500-999
1,000-9,999
10,000 and over
Data loss prevention
40%
43%
47%
52%
DDoS defense
33%
35%
42%
39%
Email/messaging security
34%
41%
45%
45%
Encryption/privacy/data protection
39%
38%
49%
52%
Endpoint protection/antivirus, anti-malware
36%
37%
45%
45%
Patching and configuration
26%
28%
32%
35%
Web security
37%
39%
44%
45%
Secured wireless
32%
35%
40%
42%
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0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%55%60%
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Cisco Systems. (July 20, 2017). Which of these types of cyber security threat defenses does your organization currently use? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/803220/likelihood-using-key-threat-defenses-organization-size/
Cisco Systems. "Which of these types of cyber security threat defenses does your organization currently use?." Chart. July 20, 2017. Statista. Accessed July 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/803220/likelihood-using-key-threat-defenses-organization-size/
Cisco Systems. (2017). Which of these types of cyber security threat defenses does your organization currently use?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/803220/likelihood-using-key-threat-defenses-organization-size/
Cisco Systems. "Which of These Types of Cyber Security Threat Defenses Does Your Organization Currently Use?." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jul 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/803220/likelihood-using-key-threat-defenses-organization-size/
Cisco Systems, Which of these types of cyber security threat defenses does your organization currently use? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/803220/likelihood-using-key-threat-defenses-organization-size/ (last visited July 07, 2025)
Which of these types of cyber security threat defenses does your organization currently use? [Graph], Cisco Systems, July 20, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/803220/likelihood-using-key-threat-defenses-organization-size/
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