cyber trends
A NEW STUDY CONDUCTED BY CENTRIFY AND DOW JONES CUSTOMER INTELLIGENCE HAS REVEALED THAT THE MAJORITY OF CEOS ARE INVESTING IN CYBERSECURITY STRATEGIES THAT ARE MISALIGNED WITH THEIR TECHNICAL OFFICERS . HERE , CENTRIFY OUTLINES WHY THAT IS A PROBLEM AND HOW IT COULD IMPACT THE RESILIENCE OF ORGANISATIONS TO DEAL WITH CYBERTHREATS . entrify , a leading
C provider of zero trust security through the power of Next- Gen Access , has announced the results of a new research study which reveals that a misalignment between CEOs and technical officers is weakening enterprise cybersecurity postures .
Centrify study finds CEO disconnect is weakening cybersecurity
The report , CEO Disconnect is Weakening Cybersecurity , was conducted with Dow Jones Customer Intelligence and highlights that CEOs are incorrectly focused on malware , creating misalignment within the c-suite , resulting in undue risk exposure and preventing organisations from effectively stopping breaches .
Technical officers ( CIOs , CTOs and CISOs ) on the front lines of cybersecurity point to identity breaches
– including privileged user identity attacks and default , stolen or weak passwords – as the biggest threat , not malware . As a result , cybersecurity strategies , project priorities and budget allocations don ’ t always match up with the primary threats nor prepare companies to stop most breaches .
The study – a survey of 800 enterprise executives including CEOs , technical officers and CFOs – highlights that :
• A total 62 % of CEOs cite malware as the primary threat to cybersecurity , compared with only 35 % of technical officers
• Only 8 % of all executives stated that anti-malware endpoint security would have prevented the ‘ significant breaches with serious consequences ’ that they experienced
• Meanwhile , 68 % of executives whose companies experienced significant breaches indicated
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