Security News > 2020 > May > CISOs forced to adapt to pandemic and other geopolitical risks
The global COVID-19 pandemic and new geopolitical risks are challenging chief information security officers and causing them to adapt their management to the current climate, according to a report released on Monday.
London-based ClubCISO, a global private members forum for information security leaders, surveyed 100 CISOs for its 2020 Information Security Maturity Report and identified cyber resilience, security culture, and cloud security to be three hot topics, according to a press release.
The report found that 39% of CISOs had implemented a strategic security-operating model to embed security awareness within the culture, and 43% said they had one in development, the nonprofit group said.
While nearly all CISOs reported they were working to establish a good culture, less than one-half said their organizations had positive security cultures, a similar figure to last year, the group said.
Manoj Bhatt, a ClubCISO advisory board member and head of cybersecurity advisory and consulting at the tech services company Telstra Purple, which supports ClubCISO, said in a statement: "We are going through challenging times, but CISOs have shown confidence in their inclusive and diverse teams to get the job done. Although there may be divisions within organisations between departments, there has never been a time where corporate alignment with a diverse security team is needed more."