Techreports with Security and Privacy Statistics

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This page contains a list of techreports, white papers, and other sources of statistics about the current state of computer security and privacy. Companies and other large organizations often publish reports of statistics involving security and privacy that represent the state of security from their vantage point. These reports are generally respected and can be used in academic publications to describe the current state of security and privacy. However, be aware that the reports only provide a view from that one organization. It is generally a good idea to look at statistics from several of the reports below to get a wider view of what different organizations are seeing.

Many of the reports below are published yearly or sometimes every quarter so more recent versions may exist than what is listed here.

Sources

General Security Reports

(Previously known as Microsoft Security Intelligence Report)
NCSC: Cyber Security Breaches Survey ( , , )
CrowdStrike’s State of Application Security Report
Cloudflare’s Application Security Report

Privacy

: The current use, development and limits of Privacy Enhancing Technologies in data analysis by the Royal Society, March 2019

Transparency Reports

Transparency reports mostly for Facebook and Instagram. WhatsApp notably missing.

Phishing

- Proofpoint offers phishing training, and testing. Techreport is derived from data from their products as well as a survey they run across multiple countries

Government reports

- Includes measures of “Being Safe and Legal Online” and “Handling Information and Content”
– The Facts 2021
UK Cyber Security Breaches Survey ( , , )