The coronavirus pandemic has put cybersecurity under a renewed spotlight. New ways of working and a fragmented workforce has challenged CISOs and their security teams; as the threat landscape has grown, nefarious actors have jumped at the chance to exploit the ever-fluid situation.
We have seen attacks grow in frequency and sophistication; Telstra’s Agility Report, which surveyed 500 senior IT and business decision makers across Europe was released earlier this year, and revealed that over half (65%) of respondents saw a dramatic rise in cyberattacks on their organisation during the pandemic. In addition to hacking efforts, businesses reported increased pressure from phishing (44%), fake contact tracing apps and calls (43%) and ransomware (43%), with the greatest increase in incidents in the energy, oil, gas and utilities sector (80%).
Despite this, the findings from ClubCISO’s eighth annual Information Security Maturity Report, is positive. The report indicates that years of innovation and hard work from CISOs has in fact resulted in upheld security defences throughout COVID-19.
The Information Maturity Report showed 88% of CISOs surveyed believe their security capabilities have held up over the last twelve months – a much stronger result than when asked in the early days of the pandemic (77%). In addition, 55% of CISOs say their boards take a balanced view, prioritising prevention and response in equal measure when it comes to their defences – a significant jump from 38% in 2020. 86% of CISOs also believe their organisation now views security as being as important as they do; a considerable increase from 65% pre-pandemic.
This shows the unique opportunity Covid-19 has afforded CISOs to further ..
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