This page contains a list of techreports, white papers, and other sources of statistics about the current state of computer security and privacy. I also do work on phishing so phishing statistics are included.

Sources

General Security Reports

• Microsoft Security Intelligence Report
• Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report
• Google Transparency Report
• Akami Security Reports
• ENISA Threat Landscape Report
• NCSC: Cyber Security Breaches Survey (2020, 2019, 2018)

Privacy

• [Protecting Privacy in Practice]( Protecting Privacy in Practice: The current use, development and limits of Privacy Enhancing Technologies in data analysis by the Royal Society, March 2019): The current use, development and limits of Privacy Enhancing Technologies in data analysis by the Royal Society, March 2019

Phishing

• Proofpoint’s State of the Phish - Proofpoint offers phishing training, and testing. Techreport is derived from data from their products as well as a survey they run across multiple countries.
• Earthweb: How many Phising Emails are sent daily in 2022

Government reports

• UK Digital Consumer Index 2019 - Includes measures of “Being Safe and Legal Online” and “Handling Information and Content”
• UK Finance Fraud – The Facts 2021
• UK Cyber Security Breaches Survey (2022)