Security News > 2021 > March > Most IT security leaders lack confidence in their company’s security posture

78% of senior IT and IT security leaders believe their organizations lack sufficient protection against cyberattacks despite increased IT security investments made in 2020 to deal with distributed IT and work-from-home challenges, according to an IDG Research survey.

At a top level, the survey found that 78% lack confidence in their company's IT security posture and believe improvements are needed.

Respondents expressed the least confidence in their organization's security roadmap, security-related technology and tools, and internal teams and skill sets.

Fully 100% of survey respondents report that their boards and executive teams are more focused on their organization's security posture than in the past.

Key challenges related to strengthening security posture 55% rank lack of automation as the #1 challenge in security operations and management, reflecting their inability to manually analyze and respond to the flood of notifications and events generated by today's increasingly complex security infrastructure.

Just 57% conducted a data security risk assessment in 2020 despite the need to reevaluate their security posture in the face of new threats associated with the pandemic.

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