Security News > 2022 > April > 63% of organizations paid the ransom last year

According to this year's report, 84% of responding organizations are experiencing a shortfall of skilled IT security personnel.

A whopping 83% of responding organizations are experiencing growth in their security budgets, up from 78% last year.

CyberEdge tracks current and planned investments by security organizations across five technology categories.

Among the most sought-after security technologies in 2022 are next-generation firewalls, deception technology, bot management, advanced security analytics, and biometrics.

"Improved cloud security posture' and"enhanced security incident investigations" were cited as the top benefits achieved by integrating application and data security into a unified platform.

The vast majority of organizations have embraced emerging security technologies such as SD-WAN, zero trust network architectures, and security access service edge.

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