Security News > 2021 > November > Most CIOs and CISOs underestimate the risk of an OT breach

The research also uncovered that organizations underestimate the risk of a cyberattack, with 73% of CIOs and CISOs "Highly confident" their organizations will not suffer an OT breach in the next year.

83% also said they had at least one OT security breach in the prior 36 months.

Seventy-three percent of CIOs and CISOs are highly confident their OT security system will not be breached in the next year.

Forty-five percent of CISOs and CIOs say the inability to conduct path analysis across the environment to understand actual exposure is one of their top three security concerns.

Further, CISOs and CIOs said disjointed architecture across OT and IT environments and the convergence of IT technologies are two of their top three greatest security risks.

Skybox Security Research Lab Threat Intelligence Lead Sivan Nir: "Our threat intelligence shows that new vulnerabilities in OT were up 46% versus the first half of 2020. Despite the rise in vulnerabilities and recent attacks, many security teams do not make OT security a corporate priority. Why? One of the surprising findings is that some security team personnel deny they are vulnerable yet admit to being breached. The belief that their infrastructure is safe - despite evidence to the contrary - has led to inadequate OT security measures."

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