Fortifying cyber defences

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By how much did the volume of cybersecurity incidents handled by the HKCERT increase by in 2024?

A quarter

More than twice

A third

The level stayed around the same

When did Hong Kong pass its first cybersecurity law?

2025

The law has yet to be enacted

2024

2023

In Hong Kong, what is the primary form that cyberattacks take?

Denial of service

Password attacks

Phishing

Ransomware

In South-East Asia, which sector is most targeted by cyberattacks?

SMEs

Targeting is broadly the same across sectors

Multinational organisations

Public sector organisations

What percentage of organisations in South-East Asia take more than a week to detect a cyber breach?

None of the other answers

57 per cent

77 per cent

27 per cent

Which of the following cybersecurity regulations apply in Hong Kong?

Securities and Futures Commission's VATP guidelines

ISO 27001

All of the other answers

C-RAF 2.0

In 2023, how much is it estimated that cybercrime cost South-East Asian organisations?

USD200bn

USD400bn

USD200m

USD400m

In Singapore, how many malicious cyber activities were blocked in 2023?

67 million

64 million

128 million

The figure has not been recorded

In 2023, by how much did South-East Asian cybersecurity job vacancies grow by?

25 per cent

38 per cent

The figure remained static year on year

35 per cent

How many organisations in South-East Asia faced a ransomware attack in 2023?

One in four

One in five

One in three

One in two

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