In 2021, IP threat was regarded as being minimal with only 11% of business leaders ranking it as their top risk. Fast forward to now, this risk has more than doubled (24%). IP theft has now become the cyber and technology risk for which businesses across the world feel least prepared, with more than one in four businesses (26%) reporting they feel unprepared for this risk.
IP theft is an incredibly profitable and common form of cyber-attack, and many businesses may find themselves having to deal with threat actors who have been secretly embedded within their IT infrastructure, stealing IP for many years.
