Security News > 2022 > May > How confident are CISOs about their security posture?

Our report reveals that 50% of global CISOs still feel their organization is unprepared to handle a cyber attack and 56% consider human error to be their biggest cyber vulnerability, with established work-from-anywhere setups and The Great Resignation presenting new challenges around information protection.

CISOs are more confident about their cybersecurity posture: after two years of unprecedented disruption, CISOs now feel more in control of their environment: 48% of CISOs surveyed feel that their organization is at risk of suffering a material cyber attack in the next 12 months, compared with 64% last year.

Employee security awareness is on the rise, but users are still not adequately skilled for the role of cyber defense: while 60% of survey respondents believe employees understand their role in protecting their organization from cyber threats, 56% of global CISOs still consider human error to be their organization's biggest cyber vulnerability.

Long term hybrid work and The Great Resignation make protecting data a top new challenge for CISOs: with employees now forming the defensive perimeter wherever they work, 51% of CISOs agree that they have seen an increase in targeted attacks in the last 12 months.

When asked how employees were most likely to cause a data breach, CISOs named compromised insider attacks as the most likely vector, where employees inadvertently expose their credentials, giving cyber criminals access to sensitive data.

While CISOs feel slightly less pressured, board buy-in remains precarious as cyber risk worries business leaders: 49% of CISOs feel that expectations on their role are excessive, down from 57% last year.

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