Putting the Cyber Threat in Perspective

An argument is revisited that the economic destruction from natural catastrophes will always be worse than that from cyber catastrophes. The original 2024 analysis sought to put the focus on cyber security issues into perspective by comparing their impact to natural disasters. This follow-up piece re-evaluates the claim based on new data from both cyber incidents and natural events. The core of the analysis compares the destructive economic power of cyber attacks against that of natural disasters.