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TRENDING
POLL REVEALS HUMAN SKILL
AND EXPERTISE CONSIDERED
MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF
CYBER-RESILIENCE APPROACH
Findings cast a spotlight on the growing pressures faced
by information security workers and the need for more to
be done to protect their mental health as human skill and
expertise is considered the most important element of a
cyber-resilience approach.
M
ore than 40% of respondents in
a Twitter poll run by Infosecurity
Europe, Europe’s number one
information security event, singled out
human skill and expertise as the most
important element of a successful cyber-
resilience approach. The aim of the poll
was to explore the importance of resilience
in cybersecurity, that is the ability of
an organisation and its cybersecurity
professionals to prepare, respond and
recover when cyberattacks happen.
With the number of cyberattacks faced
by organisations growing on a daily basis
and a projection that 146 billion records
will have been exposed in the five-year
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period from 2018–2023, the pressure
cybersecurity professionals are under has
never been greater. Couple this with the
threat of regulatory fines, reputational
damage and the growing skills shortage
– there are nearly three million unfilled
cybersecurity positions at companies
worldwide – it’s clear that protecting
individuals and enhancing their resilience
should be a key priority for organisations.
Human skill and expertise was the clear
leader with 40.5% of respondents in
answer to the question – ‘what is the
most important element of a successful
cyber-resilience approach?’ Next was
implementing best practice at 22.5%, and
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THERE ARE
NEARLY 3 MILLION
UNFILLED
CYBERSECURITY
POSITIONS AT
COMPANIES
WORLDWIDE.
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