A global survey of 1,000 security professionals commissioned by industrial cybersecurity company Claroty has revealed that over 70% would rather work in IT enterprise cybersecurity than industrial security.
The respondents of the survey represented the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Australia. Globally, over 75% of IT security pros said they prefer enterprise cybersecurity to industrial cybersecurity. In the US, more than 70% would rather protect enterprise networks.
“This is where it’s imperative that CISOs and IT security teams catch up on the importance of OT security, and how it absolutely does fall into their purview. It is essential to recognize that every company in the world relies on industrial networks. For nearly half of the Fortune 2000 – in industries including oil and gas, energy, utilities, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and food and beverage – these industrial networks are critical components to their business,” Claroty said in its report.
“The rest rely on these networks for basic needs like transportation, HVAC systems, lights, elevators, and data center infrastructure. These networks are essential and ubiquitous and, as demonstrated with past attacks, even though not considered part of ‘critical infrastructure’, collateral damage alone can cost companies billions of dollars,” it added.
The survey also shows that 65% of the global respondents and 57% in the US said they would rather deal with a massive data breach suffered by an organization than a major attack related to critical infrastructure.
Seventy-three percent of global respondents are more concerned about an attack on critical infrastructure than an enterprise breach.
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