Horizon Scan 2015
Cyber-attack (42%)
Unplanned IT and telecoms outages (35%)
Data breach (28%)
Top threats facing businesses in 2015
Europe
Considered ‘Extremely serious’ or ‘Serious’
Change since 2014
Cyber-attack (54%)
82%
CYBER-ATTACK
+1
81%
Unplanned IT and
telecoms outages
-1
74%
Data breach
0
57%
Interruption to utility supply
+1
Supply chain disruption
+11
48%
Data breach (44%)
Unplanned IT and telecoms outages (38%)
North
America
Cyber-attack (51%)
Unplanned IT and telecoms outages (45%)
Data breach (40%)
Asia
Data breach (25%)
Cyber-attack (23%)
Unplanned IT and telecoms outages (17%)
Oceania
Cyber-attack (50%)
Unplanned IT and telecoms outages (41%)
Act of terrorism (36%)
Middle East and
North Africa
Interruption to utility supply (44%)
Cyber-attack (38%)
Unplanned IT and telecoms outages (38%)
Central &
Latin America
Interruption to utility supply (56%)
Top trends causing concern for business continuity in 2015
Unplanned IT & telecom outages (44%)
Energy cost/availability (41%)
Sub-Saharan
Africa
Increased
awareness of
supply chain risk
New regulations
and increased
regulatory security
Use of internet for
malicious attacks
Growing
potential
for social
unrest
Potential
emergence of a
global pandemic
Influence of
social media
Prevalence and
high adoption
of internet
dependent services
Changing
consumer
attitudes and
behaviour
Loss of key
employees
Political
change