Organizations need to take charge of their
cybersecurity efforts to ensure they are well-equipped to deal with this
growing threat.
This is one of the main findings of the second annual RSA Cybersecurity Poverty Index, which also
highlighted the increased risk firms face today.
Its analysis revealed that approximately 75% of
organizations worldwide have a “significant cybersecurity risk exposure”.
While many businesses acknowledge that cybercrime
and cyberattacks are growing security concerns, many are slow to respond in the
most appropriate way, the paper suggested.
For example, approximately half of all firms polled
for the study admitted that their incident response capabilities are either
“ad-hoc” or “non-existent”.
Further, the authors of the paper touched upon the
fact that many organizations are reactive when it comes to bolstering their
defenses.
They found that investment in cybersecurity
solutions and programs tends to come only after they experience a cyberattack.
“We need to change the way
we are thinking about security, to focus on more than just prevention.”
“We need to change the way we are thinking about
security, to focus on more than just prevention – to develop a strategy that
emphasizes detection and response,” said Amit Yoran, president of the RSA.
“Organizations need to set their agendas early,
build comprehensive strategies and not wait for a breach to force them into
action.”
While there is still a lot to do, the report did
record some progress over the past 12 months.
It observed that since 2015’s index, there has been
a noticeable increase in the number of businesses now benefiting from “mature
cybersecurity programs”.
News of this comes on the back of a similar study from Gemalto, which found that 69% of IT
decision-makers are unconfident that their companies data would be secure
following a data breach.
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