I was at a seminar and during it the Symantec 2017 survey of “Industry Cyber Targets” was shared.
This is the top 10 sectors breached by the number of incidents; the data was based upon 2016 occurrences.
| Rank | Industry | Breaches | Percentage |
| 1 | Services | 452 | 44.2% |
| 2 | Finance, Insurance Real Estate | 226 | 22.1% |
| 3 | Manufacturing | 116 | 11.3% |
| 4 | Retail Trade | 84 | 8.2% |
| 5 | Transportation & Public Utilities | 75 | 7.3% |
| 6 | Wholesale Trade | 32 | 3.1% |
| 7 | Construction | 20 | 2.0% |
| 8 | Mining | 8 | 0.8% |
| 9 | Public Administration | 6 | 0.6% |
| 10 | Nonclassifiable | 3 | 0.3% |
It is believed that 14 million small to mid-sized businesses were hacked from 2016-2017.
Half of the current cyber-attacks target small to mid-sized businesses
Approximately 60% of small to mid-sized businesses that fall victim to attacks go out of business within 6 months.