Security News > 2023 > April > IT and security pros pressured to keep quiet about data breaches

Organizations globally are under tremendous pressure to address evolving threats like ransomware, zero-day vulnerabilities, and espionage, and they face challenges in extending security coverage across multiple environments and dealing with an ongoing skills shortage, according to Bitdefender.

"The results of this survey demonstrate, more than ever, the importance of layered security that delivers advanced threat prevention, detection and response across the entire business while improving efficiencies that allow security teams to do more with less," said Andrei Florescu, deputy GM and SVP of products at Bitdefender Business Solutions Group.

At the same time a large percentage are told to keep breaches confidential, 52% of global respondents said they have experienced a data breach or data leak in the last 12 months.

43% of IT/security professionals surveyed said extending capabilities across multiple environments is the greatest challenge they face which tied with complexity of security solutions also at 43%. Not having the security skill set to drive full value came in as a strong second at 36%. Interestingly, Italy and France cited lack of security skill set as their biggest challenge at 49% and 45%. Continuous cybersecurity coverage deemed crucial for businesses.

99% of all respondents globally stated that using a managed security provider, such as a managed detection and response service, is a critical element of their security programs with 99% of respondents stating they are either currently using or considering using a managed security provider.

The top reason respondents gave include the ability to have 24×7 security coverage, followed by the ability to free up internal IT/cybersecurity resources.

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