In January 2023, Eurostat published recent statistical data on several different aspects of the digital economy and society in the European Union (EU), focusing on the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) by enterprises.
In 2022, 91.8 % of EU enterprises used at least one ICT security measure. The most common measure used was the strong password authentication (82.2 %), followed by data backup to a separate location or cloud (77.6 %) and network access control (64.9 %). Less than half of enterprises reported using Virtual Private Networks (VPN) (48.6 %) or maintaining log files for analysis after security incidents (44.8 %). Enterprises less frequently used encryption techniques for data, documents, or e-mails (36.4 %), ICT security tests (34.6 %), ICT risk assessments (32.2 %), a combination of two or more authentication mechanisms (31.0 %) or user identification and authentication via biometric methods (13.5 %).
Among EU Member States, Denmark and Malta presented the highest proportion of enterprises employing ICT specialists, with more than one third of enterprises each (34.2 % and 33.5 %). Italy, with 13.4 %, and Romania, with 11.5 %, recorded the lowest ratio of enterprises employing ICT specialists in 2022.
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