Verified cyberincident context · Jordan / National Cyber Security Center Q1 2026
Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack categories and severity
Market context — not industry-specific evidence
Jordan National Cyber Security Center Q1 2026 report context, as announced by Petra / Jordan News Agency, states that locally recorded cyber incidents fell 16% during Q1 2026 compared with the same period the previous year. Within the total attacks during Q1 2026, disruption and sabotage operations accounted for 70.7%, cyber intrusions for 18.7%, cyber espionage for 10.4%, and financially motivated attacks for 0.2%. By severity, 89.2% of incidents were medium-risk, 10.3% low-risk, and 0.5% critical. Among handled sectors, industrial and commercial accounted for 27.91%, government institutions for 20.93%, education for 13.95%, telecommunications and IT for 12.79%, and energy for 11.63%. Security flaws accounted for 76% of detected weaknesses within some national institutions in the report context. These figures are Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 report-defined context; they are not total Jordan business incident prevalence, not a national incident census, and not industry-specific evidence.
Locally recorded cyber incidents — Q1 2026 versus Q1 2025
- Year-on-year decline in locally recorded cyber incidents (Q1 2026 vs Q1 2025)
- 16%
- Unit
- percent decline in locally recorded cyber incidents during Q1 2026 compared with the same period the previous year
- Period
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context.
- Scope
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context
Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 report context states that locally recorded cyber incidents fell 16% during Q1 2026 compared with the same period the previous year.
Q1 2026 context only. This decline compares Q1 2026 with the same period the previous year in the Jordan NCSC report context and must not be presented as proof that Jordan-wide cyber risk decreased overall, as a full-year conclusion, or as a long-term trend. Not total Jordan business incident prevalence and not industry-specific evidence.
Attack categories — Q1 2026 Jordan NCSC report context
- Disruption and sabotage operations — 70.7%
- 70.7%
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- percent of total attacks during Q1 2026 categorised as disruption and sabotage operations
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- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context.
- Scope
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context
- Cyber intrusions — 18.7%
- 18.7%
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- percent of total attacks during Q1 2026 categorised as cyber intrusions
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- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context.
- Scope
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context
- Cyber espionage — 10.4%
- 10.4%
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- percent of total attacks during Q1 2026 categorised as cyber espionage
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- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context.
- Scope
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context
- Financially motivated attacks — 0.2%
- 0.2%
- Unit
- percent of total attacks during Q1 2026 categorised as financially motivated attacks
- Period
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context.
- Scope
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context
Report-defined shares of total attacks during Q1 2026 in the Jordan NCSC report context. Not all-Jordan attack prevalence or all-business attack prevalence. Not industry-specific evidence for the sector shown on this page.
Incident severity distribution — Q1 2026 Jordan NCSC report context
- Medium-risk incidents — 89.2%
- 89.2%
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- percent of incidents during Q1 2026 classified as medium-risk
- Period
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context.
- Scope
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context
- Low-risk incidents — 10.3%
- 10.3%
- Unit
- percent of incidents during Q1 2026 classified as low-risk
- Period
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context.
- Scope
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context
- Critical incidents — 0.5%
- 0.5%
- Unit
- percent of incidents during Q1 2026 classified as critical
- Period
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context.
- Scope
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context
Report-defined severity shares during Q1 2026 in the Jordan NCSC report context. Not a full-year severity distribution and not total Jordan business incident prevalence. Not industry-specific evidence.
Selected sectors — share of handled incidents Q1 2026 Jordan NCSC report context
- Industrial and commercial — 27.91%
- 27.91%
- Unit
- percent of cyber incidents handled during Q1 2026 attributed to the industrial and commercial sector
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- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context.
- Scope
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context
- Government institutions — 20.93%
- 20.93%
- Unit
- percent of cyber incidents handled during Q1 2026 attributed to government institutions
- Period
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context.
- Scope
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context
- Education — 13.95%
- 13.95%
- Unit
- percent of cyber incidents handled during Q1 2026 attributed to the education sector
- Period
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context.
- Scope
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context
- Telecommunications and IT — 12.79%
- 12.79%
- Unit
- percent of cyber incidents handled during Q1 2026 attributed to telecommunications and information technology
- Period
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context.
- Scope
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context
- Energy — 11.63%
- 11.63%
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- percent of cyber incidents handled during Q1 2026 attributed to the energy sector
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- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context.
- Scope
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context
Selected sectors only. These percentages apply to cyber incidents handled during Q1 2026 in the Jordan NCSC report context. The five sectors shown sum to approximately 87% — additional sectors exist but are not listed in the report context. Not all-Jordan sector incident prevalence, not all-business sector prevalence, and not industry-specific evidence for the sector shown on this page.
Security flaws among detected weaknesses — Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 report context
- Share of detected weaknesses within some national institutions categorised as security flaws
- 76%
- Unit
- percent of detected weaknesses within some national institutions in the report context categorised as security flaws
- Period
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context.
- Scope
- Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context
Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 report context states that security flaws accounted for 76% of detected weaknesses within some national institutions.
76% applies to detected weaknesses within some national institutions in the Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 report context only. Not all vulnerabilities across all Jordanian systems and not industry-specific evidence.
Scope: Jordan National Cyber Security Center / NCSC Q1 2026 report context as announced by Petra / Jordan News Agency on 19 May 2026. The 16% decline compares Q1 2026 with the same period the previous year and must not be presented as proof that Jordan-wide cyber risk decreased overall or as a full-year conclusion. All sector percentages (industrial/commercial, government, education, telecommunications/IT, energy) apply only to cyber incidents handled during Q1 2026 in the report context and are not all-Jordan sector incident prevalence, all-business sector prevalence, or industry-specific evidence. Attack-category percentages are report-defined shares of total attacks during Q1 2026 and are not all-Jordan attack prevalence or all-business attack prevalence. Severity percentages describe Q1 2026 severity distribution only and are not full-year severity distribution. The 76% security-flaw figure applies to detected weaknesses within some national institutions in the report context only and is not a measure of all vulnerabilities across all Jordanian systems. Treat as official/authoritative Jordan NCSC report context as announced by Petra; not an independently extracted NCSC PDF, complete national incident registry, or full national incident census. These figures do not measure total Jordan business incident prevalence, hidden incident prevalence, population-wide victimisation rates, annual incident totals, industry-specific evidence, compliance achievement, certification or security outcomes.
Methodology: Official Jordan National Cyber Security Center Q1 2026 report context as announced by Petra / Jordan News Agency on 19 May 2026. The admitted indicators describe Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack categories, severity distribution, handled-sector shares, and detected-weakness context only. The 16% decline compares Q1 2026 with the same period the previous year and must not be presented as proof that Jordan-wide cyber risk decreased overall. All sector percentages (industrial/commercial, government, education, telecommunications/IT, energy) apply only to cyber incidents handled during Q1 2026 and must not be presented as all-Jordan sector incident prevalence, all-business sector prevalence, or industry-specific evidence. Attack-category percentages (disruption/sabotage, intrusion, espionage, financially motivated) are report-defined shares of total attacks during Q1 2026 and must not be presented as all-Jordan attack prevalence or all-business prevalence. Severity percentages (medium-risk, low-risk, critical) are report-defined severity shares during Q1 2026 and must not be presented as full-year severity distribution. The 76% security-flaw metric applies to detected weaknesses within some national institutions in the report context only and must not be presented as all vulnerabilities across all Jordanian systems. Treat as official/authoritative Jordan NCSC report context as announced by Petra; do not present as an independently extracted NCSC PDF, complete national incident registry, or full national incident census. The global AI-supported cyberattack figure (89% increase globally) and the advanced espionage automation figure (80-90% automation targeting 30 organisations) are explicitly excluded from this local-market admission.
Accessible data table
| Metric | Value | Source | Scope | Reporting period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year-on-year decline in locally recorded cyber incidents (Q1 2026 vs Q1 2025) | 16% percent decline in locally recorded cyber incidents during Q1 2026 compared with the same period the previous year | Jordan NCSC via Petra / Jordan News Agency, Cyber Incidents Fall 16% Despite Escalating AI-Driven Threats, 19 May 2026 | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context. |
| Disruption and sabotage operations — 70.7% | 70.7% percent of total attacks during Q1 2026 categorised as disruption and sabotage operations | Jordan NCSC via Petra / Jordan News Agency, Cyber Incidents Fall 16% Despite Escalating AI-Driven Threats, 19 May 2026 | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context. |
| Cyber intrusions — 18.7% | 18.7% percent of total attacks during Q1 2026 categorised as cyber intrusions | Jordan NCSC via Petra / Jordan News Agency, Cyber Incidents Fall 16% Despite Escalating AI-Driven Threats, 19 May 2026 | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context. |
| Cyber espionage — 10.4% | 10.4% percent of total attacks during Q1 2026 categorised as cyber espionage | Jordan NCSC via Petra / Jordan News Agency, Cyber Incidents Fall 16% Despite Escalating AI-Driven Threats, 19 May 2026 | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context. |
| Financially motivated attacks — 0.2% | 0.2% percent of total attacks during Q1 2026 categorised as financially motivated attacks | Jordan NCSC via Petra / Jordan News Agency, Cyber Incidents Fall 16% Despite Escalating AI-Driven Threats, 19 May 2026 | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context. |
| Medium-risk incidents — 89.2% | 89.2% percent of incidents during Q1 2026 classified as medium-risk | Jordan NCSC via Petra / Jordan News Agency, Cyber Incidents Fall 16% Despite Escalating AI-Driven Threats, 19 May 2026 | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context. |
| Low-risk incidents — 10.3% | 10.3% percent of incidents during Q1 2026 classified as low-risk | Jordan NCSC via Petra / Jordan News Agency, Cyber Incidents Fall 16% Despite Escalating AI-Driven Threats, 19 May 2026 | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context. |
| Critical incidents — 0.5% | 0.5% percent of incidents during Q1 2026 classified as critical | Jordan NCSC via Petra / Jordan News Agency, Cyber Incidents Fall 16% Despite Escalating AI-Driven Threats, 19 May 2026 | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context. |
| Industrial and commercial — 27.91% | 27.91% percent of cyber incidents handled during Q1 2026 attributed to the industrial and commercial sector | Jordan NCSC via Petra / Jordan News Agency, Cyber Incidents Fall 16% Despite Escalating AI-Driven Threats, 19 May 2026 | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context. |
| Government institutions — 20.93% | 20.93% percent of cyber incidents handled during Q1 2026 attributed to government institutions | Jordan NCSC via Petra / Jordan News Agency, Cyber Incidents Fall 16% Despite Escalating AI-Driven Threats, 19 May 2026 | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context. |
| Education — 13.95% | 13.95% percent of cyber incidents handled during Q1 2026 attributed to the education sector | Jordan NCSC via Petra / Jordan News Agency, Cyber Incidents Fall 16% Despite Escalating AI-Driven Threats, 19 May 2026 | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context. |
| Telecommunications and IT — 12.79% | 12.79% percent of cyber incidents handled during Q1 2026 attributed to telecommunications and information technology | Jordan NCSC via Petra / Jordan News Agency, Cyber Incidents Fall 16% Despite Escalating AI-Driven Threats, 19 May 2026 | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context. |
| Energy — 11.63% | 11.63% percent of cyber incidents handled during Q1 2026 attributed to the energy sector | Jordan NCSC via Petra / Jordan News Agency, Cyber Incidents Fall 16% Despite Escalating AI-Driven Threats, 19 May 2026 | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context. |
| Share of detected weaknesses within some national institutions categorised as security flaws | 76% percent of detected weaknesses within some national institutions in the report context categorised as security flaws | Jordan NCSC via Petra / Jordan News Agency, Cyber Incidents Fall 16% Despite Escalating AI-Driven Threats, 19 May 2026 | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend and context | Jordan NCSC Q1 2026 cyberincident trend, attack-category, severity, handled-sector and detected-weakness context. |