High performance security report
August 11, 2016
August 11, 2016
Organizations are confident in their ability to protect themselves, yet breach rates are alarmingly high.
We recently surveyed 2,000 security executives at large, global enterprises and found that about one in three focused, targeted breach attempts succeeded. Still, 75 percent of respondents were “confident” they were doing the right things with their security strategies, and a similar number said security is “completely embedded” in their cultures, with support from the highest-level executives.
Clearly, there’s a disconnect.
Surviving in this increasingly risky environment requires a cybersecurity “re-boot” to embrace an end-to-end approach that recognizes a spectrum of threats, minimizes exposure and identifies high-priority assets. This takes a few fundamental steps.
On average an organization will face 106 targeted cyberattacks each year
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Over 100
An organization will face over a hundred focused, targeted breach attempts every year… one in three of these will result in a successful security breach.
Accenture Security sought to get an inside view into how companies deal with cyber threats.
Objective: Understand how comprehensive company security plans are, how resilient companies are and how much they spend on security.
Surveyed: 2,000 Security and IT executives, director level and above, at companies with revenues of US$1 billion or more, from 12 industries in 15 countries. Countries and industries as follows:
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United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, Brazil, France, Japan and United Arab Emirates.
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Communications, Banking, Capital Markets, Energy (Oil & Gas), Healthcare (provider & payer), High Technology, Life Sciences, Products, Industrial Equipment, Retail, Utilities, Insurance