Governments are keen for enterprises to improve their cyber resilience, but research from Skurio finds just under half of private and public sector organisations surveyed say that lack of resources and in-house expertise prevent their organisation from keeping up with and protecting against new cyber threats.
We talked to Jeremy Hendy, CEO of Skurio, about the barriers to businesses becoming more cyber resilient and the calls to action for C-suite, info-security departments, and the industry
BN: What is preventing more businesses from becoming cyber resilient?
JH: Skurio's recent research among small to medium sized UK businesses identified that insufficient budget, staff resources, and lack of in-house expertise prevent businesses from keeping up with and protecting against new cyber threats. At the other end of the scale, around one in five businesses would need greater awareness about the benefits of digital risk protection (DRP) or reasons why they need it before making an investment. Over 60 percent of organizations plan to introduce a dedicated DRP solution in 2022 or bolster existing capabilities.
Another issue the research identified is that, whilst most businesses now have some form of digital risk protection (DRP) in place, this is typically delivered via supplementary features in solutions such as Microsoft 365, password management and antivirus software. Many admit they are still vulnerable to attacks. 60 percent of organizations cited they are not well or fully protected against threats from data breaches, malicious domains, supply chain risks and intellectual property attacks.
Firewalls, spam filters, and anti-virus software can't provide sufficient protection to defend businesses against all cyber security attacks. Even if these defenses are watertight, any organization is still at risk from supply chain attacks or data breaches from ..
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