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
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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
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