Analysis of notes and emails showed that among readers’ feedback and questions, the following eight were the most prominent risk areas and included both current mitigation activity and activity planned for over the foreseeable future.
- Infected media
- Legal Implications of data in the cloud
- Privileged Access
- Separation of live and development systems
- Security patching
- Are publicised risks genuine or politically motivated
- Tailgating
- CEO impersonation fraud
Some of our readers reported that they were more concerned about other threats than any specific cyber threat. These areas included:
- Terrorism
- Excessive Regulation
- Increasing Taxation
- Climate Change

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