Intelligent CIO LATAM Issue 05 | Page 29

INFOGRAPHIC focus on challenges with executive-level authority and security priority , but also focuses on areas where a company may need to review how they have enabled security within these areas . DevOps is a new area that organizations are taking advantage of , but it does not get enough attention from security .
“ Once again , we have found a lot of information to keep CISOs awake , as we have found everything from operational and infrastructure risks to data protection , threat activity , and challenges in a humane way ,” said Jon Clay , Vice President of Intelligence for Trend Micro threats . “ To reduce cyber-risk , organizations must be better prepared by going back to basics , identifying the critical data at greatest risk , targeting the threats that matter most to their business , and providing multi-layered protection from end-to-end connected platforms .”
The main cyber-risks in Latin America highlighted in the report were the following :
1 . Ransomware 2 . Watering hole attacks 3 . Advanced persistent threats ( APT ) 4 . Malicious insiders 5 . Fileless attacks
As in other regions , misalignment of the organization is one of the leading security risks and creates challenges for security teams in Latin America . Likewise , new hires are also a big concern , representing trusted employees who are challenging to deal with and identify when they are malicious . LATAM still uses local data centers like Asia-Pacific , so this infrastructure is included as the main risk . No other region had mobile devices in its top five , so it could show that LATAM respondents are more concerned about this attack surface than in other areas .
On the other hand , globally , among the two main infrastructure risks was cloud computing , which is why global organizations gave it a 6.77 , classifying it as considerable risk on the 10-point scale of the index . Also , a high number of respondents admitted that they spend ‘ considerable resources ’ on risk management from third parties , such as cloud providers .
Finally , the main challenges to cybersecurity readiness include limitations for security leaders who lack the authority and resources to achieve a strong security posture and organizations struggling to enable security technologies that are sufficient to protect data assets and IT infrastructure . p
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