More than 50% of UK businesses are opting to use outsourced partners for cybersecurity services.
According to research by Skurio, there is a lack of in-house expertise in the area of digital risk protection – the ability to monitor risks, threats and breaches outside the network. The research found 80% of respondents stated their teams lack skills and knowledge in this area.
Jeremy Hendy, CEO of Skurio, said: “We’re facing exceptional circumstances in terms of working practices and how we need to manage cyber-threats, and this is placing significant pressures on businesses of all sizes. We know that the luxury of in-house security teams, on call 24/7 to monitor for external threats, is simply out of reach for many organizations.”
He said that it is encouraging that organizations not only recognize the importance of protecting their customer data, but that there’s also an appetite for innovative and disruptive technologies to protect against new threats.
Commenting, Ed Williams, EMEA director of SpiderLabs at Trustwave, said he was not surprised by the 52% figure, as cybersecurity skills are highly specialized and can take a number of years to gain.
“The adoption of the cloud is a key area of focus for organizations and they are increasingly looking for security-related expertise to aid that journey,” Williams said. “They understand that they can’t afford to get this wrong as getting it wrong could have serious consequences for them. When we also look more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic hig ..
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