Security News > 2021 > October > Despite increased cyber threats, many organizations have no defense plans in place

98% of U.S. executives report that their organizations experienced at least one cyber event in the past year, compared to a slightly lower rate of 84% in non-U.S. executives, according to a Deloitte survey.

Further, COVID-19 pandemic disruption led to increased cyber threats to U.S. executives' organizations at a considerably higher rate than non-U.S. executives experienced.

14% of U.S. executives say their organizations have no cyber threat defense plans, a rate more than double that of non-U.S. executives.

Competition for cyber talent remains fierce, particularly in the U.S., as 31% of U.S. executives say their organizations are often unable to recruit and retain cyber talent - a rate nearly twice what non-U.S. executives experience.

15% of U.S. executives say their organizations have no way to detect or mitigate employee cyber risk indicators and 44% say their organizations rely on leadership to monitor employee behaviors and cyber risk indicators.

Despite loss of customer trust resulting from a cyber event ranking high with 22% of U.S. executives and 16% non-U.S. executives, just 19% of U.S. execs say that their marketing organizations balance the need for customer data collection with engendering customer trust "Very well," compared to 60% of non-U.S. execs who say the same.

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