Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 28 | Page 26

TRENDING 20.1% said governance and compliance. Implementing advanced technology was considered their lowest priority at 16.8%. Paul McKay, Senior Analyst at Forrester Research, said: “Undoubtedly, human skill and expertise is the most important element of a cyber-resilience approach. You can have all of the technology and best practice approaches deployed in the world, but ultimately successful cybersecurity relies on the skills, ingenuity and cognitive ability of the human brain. Many of my clients 26 INTELLIGENTCIO “ PROTECTING INDIVIDUALS AND ENHANCING THEIR RESILIENCE SHOULD BE A KEY PRIORITY FOR ORGANISATIONS. have gaps in their security team caused by difficulties in finding enough people to fill open roles on their teams. This impacts them critically both in progressing their security programme, but more importantly, the mental, physical health and well-being of everyone else who are often doing heroic work making up for gaps in their teams. I don’t think I’ve ever seen security professionals under this much pressure.” The poll examined the repercussions of the pressures faced by workers, asking www.intelligentcio.com