What is plaguing public sector cyber readiness?

2020-02-28 09:50

IT complexity, insider threats, and an abundance of privileged users plague public sector cyber readiness, a SolarWinds report has revealed, based on the answers from 400 IT operations and security decisionmakers, including 200 federal, 100 state and local, and 100 education respondents.

Fifty-two percent of total respondents cited insiders as the top threat; this number is consistent for both federal and state and local respondents.

Education respondents indicated more so than other public sector groups that budget constraints are obstacles to maintaining or improving IT security.

Cybersecurity maturity needs attention across public sector organizations; on average, respondents rated their agency's maturity at a 3.5 on a scale of one to five.

Less than half of public sector respondents are very confident in their team's ability to keep up with evolving threats, regardless of whether the organization outsources its security operations or not.

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