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Geographically speaking, the most concerned CISOs are located in the U.K., Germany and Singapore, with the U.S. being at 73%. Regarding the business verticals, CISOs in retail, manufacturing and finance feel the most concerned about cyberattacks. CISOs consider business email compromise as the biggest threat to their organizations for the next 12 months.
While organizations have largely overcome the disruptions of the last two years, the effects of the Great Resignation and employee turnover continue to linger, exacerbated by the recent wave of mass layoffs-It's interesting to see that 73% of CISOs believe they have adequate data protection in place yet 74% of UK security leaders had to deal with the loss of sensitive information in the past 12 months. The report discusses global trends and regional differences around three central themes: the threats and risks CISOs face daily; the impact of employees on organizations' cyber preparedness; and the defences CISOs are building, especially as the economic downturn puts pressure on security budgets.
Monitoring assets in ever-changing settings operating in both development and production stages presents challenges. In this Help Net Security video, Daniel Deeney, CEO at Paladin Cloud, discusses how companies face difficulties identifying security threats within cloud environments.
Hence the popularity of Virtual Chief Information Security Officer services. Most service providers only offer a portion of overall CISO duties.
As their hybrid and multicloud environments become more complex, and teams continue to rely on manual processes that make it easier for vulnerabilities to slip into production environments, CISOs find it increasingly difficult to keep their software secure, according to Dynatrace. The continued use of siloed tools for development, delivery, and security tasks is hindering the maturity of DevSecOps adoption.
Security compliance often feels like the ever-present task that looms over every angle of your role as Chief Information Security Officer. Regardless of the hours spent managing it, something can always slip through the cracks.
A study conducted among CISOs worldwide from various industries sheds light on their strategies amid a challenging threat environment, identifies obstacles from business functions, and highlights their requirements for achieving success. "Our research shows CISOs are motivated by a mission to protect. Yet, CISOs tell us they feel unsupported, unheard, and invisible," said Bryan Palma, CEO of Trellix.
The top challenges when implementing an effective cyber/IT risk management program include an increase in the quantity and severity of cyber threats, a lack of funding and a lack of staffing/cyber risk talent. Given the financial and reputational consequences of cyberattacks, corporate board rooms are putting pressure on CISOs to identify and mitigate cyber/IT risk.
Due to the increasing importance of multi-cloud and the intricate nature of cloud infrastructure, obtaining a comprehensive understanding of the various cloud workloads operating within your system, and ensuring their security, can be challenging. In this Help Net Security video, Kaus Phaltankar, CEO at Caveonix discusses how in today's complex multi-cloud landscape, the role of CISOs is more crucial than ever.
Data security is becoming increasingly complex and the datasets that require securing are growing rapidly. Rubrik internal data revealed that on average, the growth of data secured in 2022 was 25%. 56% of organizations currently employ at least one zero trust initiative.