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2018 CYBERSECURITY:
PERCEPTIONS & PRACTICES
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s uncertainties – cybersecurity and otherwise
– swim around us with increased velocity and
frequency, it’s always helpful to hear directly
from security leaders in the trenches of our industry.
These first-hand accounts have the unique ability to
shed light on the challenges security professionals
and their teams face nearly every day of their work
lives. That’s precisely what this 2018 Cybersecurity:
Perceptions & Practices benchmark survey
accomplishes. It provides insights into the state of
the cybersecurity practice of 751 mid- to large-sized
organisations in the United States, United Kingdom
and Asia Pacific regions.
From these insights, one thing that comes as a
surprise is data that suggests that the US may not
be leading the cybersecurity industry in security
maturity. In fact, respondents from organisations in
the Asia Pacific region clearly indicate that they are
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far more likely to have a security operations centre
(SOC) than their US and UK counterparts. The Asia
Pacific region also boasts the largest percentage of
IT budget allocation towards cybersecurity. Both
of these findings suggest a cultural prioritisation
towards security investments - one that isn’t being
matched by the US or UK.
When prompted on workflow/employee efficiency, it
appears evident that security professionals are wasting
huge amounts of time and effort on false positives
and inefficient processes. Of course, this isn’t news
to us, but it’s important to note how the data acutely
quantifies this problem. The majority of IT executives
indicate that the average cybersecurity professional
wastes as much as 10 hours a week due to software
inefficiencies. In an industry already plagued by a
shortage in qualified specialists, this is a reality that is
not only unacceptable, but also avoidable. n
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