CompTIA

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46% of very large companies (10000+ employees) are concerned with the scale of attacks.

Cyber attacksEnterprise

37% of organizations say their AI priority within cybersecurity is improving internal efforts.

AI

48% of companies are considering certifying current employees for skill improvement.

SkillsCertifications

42% of companies are making greater investment in technology tools.

Tools

27% of organizations are implementing AI in low-priority systems.

AIAI adoption

50% of respondents surveyed need significant skill improvement in automation and AI.

AutomationAISkillsSkills level

46% of companies place a higher priority on incident response.

Incident response

The feeling that the current approach is 'good enough' is the second-greatest challenge in improving the execution of a strong cybersecurity strategy for business leaders.

Cybersecurity strategy

37% of companies have average capability in securing data in cloud providers.

DataCloud

45% of elements involved in risk analysis are related to use of cloud computing.

Risk analysisRisk managementCloudCloud computing

46% of companies are considering expanding the use of third parties for skill improvement.

SkillsThird-partyMSP

38% of elements involved in risk analysis are related to data ownership.

Risk analysisRisk managementData ownership

50% of respondents surveyed have expert-level skill in network/infrastructure security.

Network securityInfrastructure securitySkillsSkills level

43% of small companies (<100 employees) are concerned with the emergence of generative AI.

AIGenAI

48% of small companies (<100 employees) are concerned with the variety of attacks.

Cyber attacksSmall company

49% of very large companies (10000+ employees) are concerned with the variety of attacks.

Cyber attacksEnterprise

37% of organizations reported a lack of cybersecurity metrics as a challenge in using AI for cybersecurity.

AIAI blocker

56% of companies have high capability in capturing data from all sources.

Data

59% of companies have high capability in securing data on networks.

DataNetworks

37% of companies have average capability in securing data on endpoints.

DataEndpoints

34% of risks identified through analysis are viewed as technology concerns.

Risk analysisRisk managementTechnology concerns

37% of very large companies (10000+ employees) are concerned with the breadth of skills needed.

SkillsEnterprise

44% of organizations surveyed believe that types of threats that can impact OT must be understood better to properly secure OT.

OTOT security challenges

47% of respondents surveyed have expert-level skill in application security.

Application securitySkillsSkills level

38% of large companies (500-9999 employees) are concerned with compliance with regulations.

ComplianceRegulations

59% of companies have high capability in securing data on endpoints.

DataEndpoints

42% of companies face defining career pathways as a challenge in retaining cybersecurity talent.

Talent

46% of respondents surveyed need significant skill improvement in network/infrastructure security.

Network securityInfrastructure securitySkillsSkills level

42% of companies are focusing more on risk management.

Risk management

41% of companies are establishing better connection with business units to improve the effectiveness of their cybersecurity program.

Cybersecurity program

57% of companies have high capability in creating comprehensive data sets.

Data

47% of respondents surveyed have expert-level skill in data analysis.

Data analysisSkillsSkills level

35% of companies are building dedicated cyber resources.

Cyber resources

54% of companies are considering training current employees for skill improvement.

SkillsTraining

16% of risks identified through analysis are viewed as organizational concerns.

Risk analysisRisk managementOrganizational concerns

31% of organizations say their AI priority within cybersecurity is prioritizing defending new threats.

AI

36% of organizations surveyed believe that networking protocols used by OT systems must be understood better to properly secure OT.

OTOT security challenges

33% of organizations reported a lack of buy-in from senior leadership in using AI for cybersecurity.

AIAI blocker

44% of elements involved in risk analysis are related to operational technology (OT).

Risk analysisRisk managementOT

70% of firms place themselves in an early education phase or a stage of testing AI implementation on low-priority systems.

AIAI adoption

52% of companies rate themselves as having high capability in AI.

AI

38% of organizations surveyed believe that implementing access control, including remote access, must be understood better to properly secure OT.

OTOT security challenges

Three of the top seven elements involved in incident response involve some sort of purchase.

Incident response

36% of firms say they now have a moderate focus on OT.

OT

41% of companies are improving board of directors visibility to improve the effectiveness of their cybersecurity program.

Cybersecurity program

52% of very large companies (10000+ employees) are concerned with the emergence of generative AI.

AIGenAI

58% of firms say they have a high focus on OT.

OT

38% of organizations surveyed believe that total costs of digitizing physical infrastructure must be understood better to properly secure OT.

OTOT security challenges

42% of companies have average capability in mining data.

Data

41% of companies are implementing better metrics for cybersecurity to improve the effectiveness of their cybersecurity program.

Cybersecurity program