Only One Third of Organizations Run Round-the-Clock Cybersecurity
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Trend Micro's research reveals significant cybersecurity gaps in global organizations. Only 36% of companies have sufficient staffing for 24/7 cybersecurity coverage, while just 35% use attack surface management techniques to measure risk. The study, which polled 2,600 IT leaders, highlights a lack of leadership and accountability in cybersecurity efforts. 48% of respondents claimed their leadership doesn't consider cybersecurity their responsibility, and 54% reported inconsistent attitudes towards cyber risk within their organizations.
The research also found that 96% of surveyed companies have concerns about their attack surface, with 36% worried about assessing and mitigating high-risk areas. Bharat Mistry, Technical Director at Trend, emphasizes the need for clear leadership and communication in terms of business risk to enhance cyber-resilience.
Positive
- Trend Micro conducted comprehensive research on cybersecurity practices, providing valuable insights for the industry
- The study involved a large sample size of 2,600 global IT leaders, enhancing the credibility of the findings
Negative
- Only 36% of companies have sufficient staffing for 24/7 cybersecurity coverage
- Just 35% of organizations use attack surface management techniques to measure risk
- 48% of respondents claimed their leadership doesn't consider cybersecurity their responsibility
- 54% of global respondents reported inconsistent attitudes towards cyber risk within their organizations
- 96% of surveyed companies have concerns about their attack surface
- 36% of companies are worried about assessing and mitigating high-risk areas in their attack surface
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Trend Micro research reveals major security gaps and lack of board accountability in many companies
DALLAS, Sept. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cybersecurity leader, today published research revealing that global organizations lack sufficient resources and leadership buy-in to measure and mitigate risk across their digital attack surface.
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Bharat Mistry, Technical Director at Trend: "A lack of clear leadership on cybersecurity can have a paralyzing effect on an organization—leading to reactive, piecemeal and erratic decision making. Companies need CISOs to clearly communicate in terms of business risk to engage their boards. Ideally, they should have a single source of truth across the attack surface from which to share updates with the board, continually monitor risk, and automatically remediate issues for enhanced cyber-resilience."
Trend polled 2,600 global IT leaders responsible for cybersecurity in small, medium and large organizations to better understand their attitudes toward attack surface risk management (ASRM).
The top three gaps in cyber-resilience revealed by respondents were:
- Sufficient staffing for 24x7x365 cybersecurity coverage – which just
36% have - Attack surface management techniques to measure the risk of the attack surface (used by
35% ) - Using proven regulatory and other frameworks like the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (only
34% )
The failure of a majority of global companies to achieve these cybersecurity basics could be traced back to a lack of leadership and accountability at the top of the organization. Half (
When asked who does or should hold responsibility for mitigating business risk, respondents returned a variety of answers, indicating a lack of clarity on reporting lines. Nearly a third (
This lack of clear direction on cybersecurity strategy may be why over half (
The leadership required to remediate these issues is not present in many organizations. Nearly all (
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