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5 Key Things We Learned from CISOs of Smaller Enterprises Survey
2022-07-15 16:05

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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