CISOs face rising security debt as attacks increase

CISOs are facing a battle to secure their organizations against an increasing volume of attacks by well-armed criminals and are facing a rising ‘security debt’ in doing so. But a new report from cyber security provider F-Secure in conjunction with Omnisperience finds security teams are turning away increasing volume of attacks and preventing more of them from becoming breaches or compromises. Of the CISOs surveyed 96 percent acknowledge that they face a well-organized criminal industry motivated by financial gain. Furthermore, around seven out of 10 CISOs (72 percent) say adversaries are moving faster than they are, and a similar number… [Continue Reading]