This statistic presents the global opinion on the priorities of business following a data breach according to internet users worldwide as of March 2018. During the survey period, 73 percent of respondents agreed that it was extremely important for a company to fix the problem to stop the breach.
When a company experiences a cyber security breach and customer data has been compromised, how important is it that companies do each of the following?
Characteristic
Share of respondents who state extremely important
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IBM. (April 16, 2018). When a company experiences a cyber security breach and customer data has been compromised, how important is it that companies do each of the following? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 03, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/881100/opinion-on-priorities-post-data-breach-worldwide/
IBM. "When a company experiences a cyber security breach and customer data has been compromised, how important is it that companies do each of the following?." Chart. April 16, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/881100/opinion-on-priorities-post-data-breach-worldwide/
IBM. (2018). When a company experiences a cyber security breach and customer data has been compromised, how important is it that companies do each of the following?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/881100/opinion-on-priorities-post-data-breach-worldwide/
IBM. "When a Company Experiences a Cyber Security Breach and Customer Data Has Been Compromised, How Important Is It That Companies Do Each of The Following?." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Apr 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/881100/opinion-on-priorities-post-data-breach-worldwide/
IBM, When a company experiences a cyber security breach and customer data has been compromised, how important is it that companies do each of the following? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/881100/opinion-on-priorities-post-data-breach-worldwide/ (last visited July 03, 2025)
When a company experiences a cyber security breach and customer data has been compromised, how important is it that companies do each of the following? [Graph], IBM, April 16, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/881100/opinion-on-priorities-post-data-breach-worldwide/
