Wednesday 3 August 2016

2016 State of Cybersecurity Report from the Federal Cyber Executive Perspective – An (ISC)² Report

In March 2016, (ISC)² and KPMG LLP surveyed a targeted pool of executive-level government officials and contractors from civilian, military and intelligence agencies to determine the state of cybersecurity and to provide recommendations for advancing the federal government’s cybersecurity progress.

The survey covered a range of topical areas that are key to understanding the state of cybersecurity today: professional development, governance and standards, resource and program management and risk management and resiliency.

Not surprisingly, nearly half of federal executive respondents reported that “people,” through actions both intentional and neglectful, remain the greatest security vulnerability to federal agencies. Half of respondents identified training/recruiting as one of their top three areas for applying proposed Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP) resources. For the full article click here 



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