Cyphort-Ponemon Study: 34% of Senior Execs Unaware of Their Firms’ Cybersecurity Challenges

A Cyphort-commissioned survey indicates about 34 percent of C-level corporate executives lack awareness about cyber threats to their companies’ information technology systems.

Ponemon Institute polled 597 IT leaders across the U.S. private sector for Cyphort’s “State of Malware Detection & Prevention” report and found that 39 percent of respondents said their firms do not have intelligence data they can use to convince CEOs to prioritize cybersecurity, Cyphort said Wednesday.

“Companies are still struggling to have an effective strategy to prevent and detect malware and advanced threats,” said Larry Ponemon.

Twenty-one percent of IT professionals unveiled it can take one to two years for their companies to detect a sophisticated attack and 27 percent said their companies’ breach containment efforts can take up to six months to complete. For the full article click here 

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