Security News > 2024 > May > Lack of skills and budget slow zero-trust implementation

The risk of a cyber breach is the number one global driver for zero trust strategy implementation, according to Entrust.

"This means that implementing a zero trust security practice is an urgent business imperative - and the security of organizations' and their customers' data, networks, and identities depends on it."

Two-thirds of organizations list cyber-risk concerns as the most important drivers for implementing a zero trust strategy.

The pattern is even more pronounced in the US, with 50% of organizations citing cyber breach risk and 29% reporting the expanding attack surface for a combined total of 79%. Despite 60% of organizations reporting significant senior leadership support for zero trust, a lack of skills and budget are still cited as the biggest roadblocks to implementing these frameworks, highlighting a discrepancy between support and resource allocation.

While 62% of organizations have begun their own zero trust journey, only 48% of US organizations have, raising a concern that Western entities know they have a problem but are unable to adopt zero trust, leaving them vulnerable to cyber threats.

For the first time in the past eight years, organizations did not rank employee mistakes as a top security threat.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/05/31/zero-trust-implementation-driver-for-organizations/