Security News > 2021 > November > Most challenging security threats for CTOs

59% of CTOs still see human error as the main security threat to their business, alongside other prominent concerns such as ransomware and phishing, a research from STX Next reveals.

The research surveyed 500 global CTOs about the biggest challenges facing their organization.

58% are not using security information and event management, and 41% have not employed privileged access management.

"Maciej Dziergwa, CEO at STX Next, said:"Our survey shows that, despite the inexorable rise of ransomware in the last couple of years, the biggest security concern in the minds of CTOs remains the potential impact of human error.

"It's a similar situation when looking at certain key protective tools that haven't yet been implemented on a large scale, such as ransomware protection. The established presence of measures such as multi-factor authentication provide some cause for optimism though, so it will be interesting to see if the other security features follow a similar trajectory in the near future."

He concluded: "After all, security features are designed in many cases to reduce the potential for human error to cause major cyber incidents. By investing more heavily in these areas, CTOs will have less need to worry about any risky behaviour by their staff in future."

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