In Tunisia, as elsewhere in the world, it is very difficult to estimate and identify the number of hacked companies. It is even more difficult to estimate the direct and indirect costs of these malicious acts. Several organizations on the ground have issued an alert to warn that a large majority of companies do not have an emergency plan and that in the event of an incident, a large number of companies would not be able to recover their data or continue their activity. This means that, in this case, they are unable to recover their data quickly in order to continue their normal activity. It is easy to imagine the dramatic consequences this implies both financially and humanly.
A study in the United States shows that in one year (1999 to 2000), the cost of hacking increased from $265 million to $378 million (IT Security & FBI Source), an increase of 42%. Worse still, according to a Deloitte study, more than 83% of financial institutions' IT systems experienced security problems in 2004. An alarming phenomenon in full growth, the same survey revealed that cybersecurity threats continue to evolve and require constant vigilance.