Cybercrime In Ireland – The Stats

Deloitte recently published its Irish Information Security and Cybercrime Survey 2013. The survey results will be of particular interest to insurers providing cyber insurance products and cyber extensions. Strong growth in the field of cyber insurance is predicted for the coming years and cyber cover has increasingly become an add-on for professional indemnity and financial institutions policies. The survey, now in its second year, contains a number of interesting findings relating to public and private sector experiences of cybercrime in the past year.  The survey respondents included multinationals, Irish corporates and public bodies.  Of the entities surveyed, 21% were sourced from financial services with a further 7% coming from the insurance sector.