Report: Many Companies Taking Status Quo Approach to Cyber Security at Their Own Peril>
Security Boulevard – Tony Kontzer
a recent report from IT services provider Cognizant indicates that most companies arenât walking the walk. More than anything, the report suggests that too many organizations are still viewing security through an antiquated lens. Consider some of the more disturbing findings from the report. For instance, 45 percent of respondents still see cyber security as an IT initiative and 58 percent acknowledged that their IT infrastructures and security strategies werenât even integrated. Perhaps even worse, only nine percent said their organizations have made cyber security a board-level priority. One area that poses special challenges is cloud migration, which more than 70 percent of respondents consider a glaring cyber soft spot. Prioritizing security controls and resilient architectures to support cloud migration is considered a fundamental requirement and yet 68 percent of respondents admit they could be doing more about cloud security. And quite often, what they could be doing has nothing to do with technology and everything to do with training employees. Along those lines, itâs encouraging that one-third of respondents said theyâre now reviewing their security strategy monthly and that just over five percent are even doing so weekly. But more than 30 percent of respondents are holdouts who stubbornly continue to review their security strategies annually.
Link: https://securityboulevard.com/2018/05/report-many-companies-taking-status-quo-approach-to-cyber-security-at-their-own-peril/