Learn more about how IBM is tackling these problems and creating a Safer Planet at ibm.co/saferplanet. Each week over 1 million people move into a city. Never before have the requirements for protecting citizens, property and infrastructure been more pressing. Sophisticated, applied technology can yield insights that shorten the cycle from incident to resolution. This infographic highlights several surprising statistics about topics ranging from weather forecasting to the average cost of crime.

1. The average cost of crime
per US taxpayer
in annual average global economic
loss from natural disasters
public emergency calls in
Nairobi go unanswered
of security leaders, worldwide,
believe a cyber attack will soon
damage national infrastructure
$3257.20
9of 10
$300 billion
38%
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in estimated costs from cyclone
Haiyan in the Phillippines
$10 billion
40K 39% 100M 10B 2000
INFRASTRUCTURE
SAFETY
VIOLENT CRIME
REDUCTION
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
COUNTER-TERRORISM
BIOMETRICS
Prediction, protection
& prevention
Using analytics to keep
the world safer
Prepared. Safe. Secure.
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analytics-based
forecasts issued on
active weather days
enable proactive
emergency response
to weather events
arrests as part of
counter-terrorism
operations in the
UK, thanks to rapid
data analysis
reduction in violent
crime in Durham
(NC) as analytics
helps uncover
patterns
automated alarms,
developed using
analytics, keep
the European
Organization for
Nuclear Research
(CERN) safer
records mined
daily to support
crime fighting in
Bengaluru, India
2.5B
SOCIAL MEDIA
ANALYTICS
pieces of data
analyzed help
identify threats
at the US 2012
Republican
Convention
in lost sales, jobs and investment in
Mexico, due to urban crime and violence
$9.6 billion
Sources:
Top, left to right: “Annual Disaster Statistical Review 2013,” Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters; “Fortifying for the future: Insights from the 2014 IBM Chief Information Security Officer Assessment,” IBM Center for Applied Insights;
“2012 United States Peace Index,” Institute for Economics and Peace; “World threatened by dangerous and unacceptable levels ofrisk from disasters,” The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction; “Violence in the City: Understanding and
Supporting Community Responses to Urban Violence,” World Bank; “Gulf Cooperation Council Countries Leading CEMA in Smart City Initiatives: Key Drivers and Success Factors,” IDC.
Bottom, left to right: “European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN),” IBM Case Study; “Durham North Carolina Police Department cuts violent crime by 39 percent,” IBM Case Study; “Bengaluru police adopt data analytics to zero in on
tech-savvy criminals,” The Economic Times; “IBM and The Weather Company Partner to Bring Advanced Weather Insights to Business,” IBM Press Release, March 31, 2015; “Using biometric data to secure a nation’s frontier,” IBM Case Study;
“Social media helps FDLE secure Republican National Convention,” IBM Case Study.