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A new survey shows that while CSOs still struggle with transparency, analytics and control, nearly half (47%) of respondents are actively focusing on digital transformation and cloud migration.
A survey of 600 UK CIOs by BlueFort Security found that most of them have overcome the challenges of a widespread move to remote work and are focusing on digital transformation and cloud migration, despite an uncertain outlook and a grim economic climate.
The majority (88%) say that over the past 12 months, cybersecurity has become a higher priority for their board of directors. And while 37% still define their cybersecurity budget as part of their organization’s overall IT budget, more than half (58%) of CIOs expect world events to increase their cybersecurity budget in the next budget cycle.
When asked what areas their departments prioritize, chief information security officers responded accelerating digital transformation (47 percent) and ensuring that cybersecurity defenses are aligned with future goals (46 percent). Cloud transformation is also a key issue, with 57% of organizations using multiple clouds and 37% using a single cloud.
“The BlueFort CISO survey this year carries a positive message. CIOs know where they need to go, even if they don’t know exactly what steps they need to take to get there. The reality is that CIOs are under tremendous pressure as they struggle to gain visibility, intelligence, and control for their organizations while navigating the Wild West of cyberspace. CSOs must find order in this chaos while forcing security teams to do more with less due to an industry-wide talent shortage,” he says. Dave Henderson, Director of Sales and Marketing, BlueFort Security.
Among other findings, human factors remain a key concern for CIOs, but this is a double-edged sword. Employees remain the weak link in effective security strategies, especially when it comes to tracking people, their devices and their data. 45 percent of employees admit to leaving their computers in the system without working on them and using their work computer for personal purposes, while almost the same number (43 percent) delete suspicious emails without reporting them to the IT department and without connecting to public sources. For Wi-Fi sources. At the same time, the vast majority of CIOs (84%) are actively recruiting specialists to fill the shortage of specialists, and 87% of them intend to fill this gap through outsourcing. 85% of CIOs struggle to retain cybersecurity staff, and 84% say they have enough resources to address core cybersecurity issues.
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