Intelligent CIO North America Issue 26 | Page 26

TRENDING backup and protection as part of their organization ' s security posture or response to a cyberattack , 54 % of IT decision-makers said it was a top priority and a crucial capability , while only 38 % of SecOps respondents said the same .
NIST Cybersecurity Framework which includes five core capabilities : identify , protect , detect , respond , and recover . If they wait to collaborate until their data is hijacked , that ’ s too late and the results could be catastrophic for businesses .”
“ If SecOps teams are not thinking about backup and recovery and lack next-gen data management capabilities as part of an overall security strategy , that ’ s a problem ,” said Spanswick .
“ IT and SecOps teams need to collaborate before an attack takes place – looking holistically across the
A complete data security strategy must bring these two worlds together .
Eighty-three percent of all respondents ( 84 % of IT decision-makers and 81 % of SecOps respondents ) somewhat or strongly agree that if security and IT collaborated more closely , their organization would be better prepared to recover from cyberthreats including ransomware attacks . And , when respondents were asked what would give their organization greater confidence that they could recover business systems quickly in the event of a ransomware attack , 44 % of all respondents ( 49 % of IT decision-makers and 39 % of SecOps respondents ) said greater communication and collaboration between IT and security is key . p
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