Security News > 2022 > July > 5 Key Things We Learned from CISOs of Smaller Enterprises Survey

New survey reveals lack of staff, skills, and resources driving smaller teams to outsource security.

As business begins its return to normalcy, CISOs at small and medium-size enterprises were asked to share their cybersecurity challenges and priorities, and their responses were compared the results with those of a similar survey from 2021.

Especially in small security teams where additional headcount is not the answer, CISOs are turning to outsourced services to fill the void.

In 2021, 47% of CISOs surveyed relied on a Managed Security Services Provider, while 53% were using a managed detection and response service.

Almost all CISOs surveyed have consolidation of security tools on their to-do lists, compared to 61% in 2021.

Download 2022 CISO Survey of Small Cyber Security Teams to see all the results.

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