Every third company has fallen victim to a cyber attack. Poles underestimate the threat
Over the last year, every third Polish company experienced some form of cyber attack, and half recorded an increase in the number of this type of threats – warns ClickMeeting. Most Poles downplay them.
Data provided by the ClickMeeting platform (the leader of the Polish webinar and online meeting market) shows that as many as 36 percent Polish companies experienced some form of cyber attack over the past year, and half recorded an increase in the number of this type of threats. This means that over one third of Polish organizations fell victim to cybercriminals in the last year. Despite this, according to the platform’s research, only 8.5 percent Poles indicate business as a group particularly vulnerable to this type of incidents. A slightly larger group (11 percent of respondents) perceives such a threat in the case of public institutions.
Poles about a cyber attack in the company
Slightly more than one fifth of those surveyed by ClickMeeting claim that they have ever been the victim of a cyber attack – the most among the group aged 18 to 27 (27%). At the same time, only 2.2 percent indicates that this type of incident occurred in the company where they work (from 1% among people over 60 to 4% among people aged 28 to 44).
– Our research shows that Poles still do not realize the scale of threats to companies and institutions – comments Martyna Grzegorczyk, Marketing Manager ClickMeeting.
– According to the publicly available data, as many as 55 percent Polish employees have not received any cybersecurity training in the last five years. Meanwhile, employees are the first line of defense against digital threats, and expert training, easily available online, allows you to constantly develop knowledge in this field. – he adds.
Poles agree that we need more education about cybersecurity. As many as 90 percent think so. respondents, and only the remaining 10 percent. assesses the level of our national awareness on this subject as high. Every third of us declares that they would be happy to participate in a webinar, training or online course on this topic if, for example, their employer provided them with access. People aged 18 to 27 are most interested in this form of learning (45.5%).
The study was conducted in April 2025 on a representative group of 1,000 people over 18 years of age.
