In-depth interviews were conducted with 28 corporate security officials. According to the survey, 93 percent of respondents said human behavior presents the biggest threat to their organizations’ security.
“Defending Data: Turning Cybersecurity Inside Out With Corporate Leadership Perspectives on Reshaping Our Information Protection Practices,” was written by Ari Kaplan Advisors and sponsored by Nuix.
The report states that -
- Seventy-one percent of respondents said their organization has an insider threat program policy
- Fourteen percent said they allocate 40 percent or more of their budget to insider threats
- Ninety three percent of respondents said they were able to identify their critical value data
- Sixty nine percent said they knew what people did with that data after accessing it
- Ninety percent have designated a senior official to provide oversight
- Seventy percent offer their employees training to minimize risk
“There’s been a shift in allocation toward looking internally, rather than at the perimeter,” one respondent said.
“We’re seeing a lot more hands-on training, employee monitoring, and testing to address the issue,” report author Ari Kaplan said in a statement.
According to other survey conducted by Cybrary of 435 senior level technology professionals, 68 percent of respondents believes that there’s a global shortage of skilled cyber security professionals.
- Eighty percent of respondents said they always or sometimes have trouble recruiting skilled cyber security professionals
- Forty Seven percent of respondents said their company plans to hire between one and 10 cyber security
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Human behaviour and Security Threat
employees in 2016
“Companies with pressing cyber security needs are finding that there’s a major lack of qualified professionals to fill their positions, which makes them vulnerable to cyber attacks,” Cybrary co-founder Ryan Corey said in a statement.
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