Most CISOs believe that human error is the biggest risk for their organization

2021-01-21 05:00

53% of CISOs and CSOs in the UK&I reported that their organization suffered at least one significant cyberattack in 2020, with 14% experiencing multiple attacks, a Proofpoint survey reveals.

Those in larger organizations feel at greater threat, with this figure jumping to 89% amongst CSOs and CISOs from organizations over 2,500 employees and 83% from those with 5,000 employees or more.

55% of UK&I CISOs/CSOs believe that human error/lack of cybersecurity awareness is the biggest risk for their business, no matter what cybersecurity solutions are in place.

While IT leaders in the UK&I are aware of the risk employees may pose to their business, 44% stated they did not know who the most at-risk employees in their organization are.

Even though human error and lack of cybersecurity awareness pose a high risk to organizations, only 28% of UK&I organizations admit to running a comprehensive training program more than twice a year.

Despite most businesses having had nine months to plan and prepare since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, only 22% of CISOs firmly believe that their employees are fully equipped to work remotely which, perhaps, reflects the scramble to enable the business to continue through the pandemic and that corners may have been cut in that rush.

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