They add that this fear is even higher than inflation, the energy crisis or the conflict in Ukraine.
In the AGCS Risk Barometer, Allianz Group’s specialist insurer in the industrial sector, cybercrime again ranks first as the main threat to companies.
Secondly, the business interruption, which is often associated with this, because hackers often paralyze operations with their ransomware raids (data hijacking for money).
For the new edition of the annual report, AGCS surveyed 2,712 security experts and managers from 94 countries in Europe last autumn, more than ever before. Among them were nearly 1,300 executives from large companies with more than $500 million in annual sales.
In Germany, the picture differs somewhat from the global picture, with business disruption ranking first, ahead of cybercrime, while energy price and supply concerns are third.
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