Business leaders don't understand cybersecurity

A new survey from Delinea of over 2,000 IT security decision makers (ITSDMs) reveals that only 39 percent of respondents think their company's leadership has a sound understanding of cybersecurity's role as a business enabler. In addition, over a third (36 percent) believe that it is considered important only in terms of compliance and regulatory demands, while 17 percent say it isn't seen as a business priority. This disconnect between business and security goals appears to have caused at least one negative consequence to 89 percent of respondents' organizations, with more than a quarter (26 percent) also reporting it resulted… [Continue Reading]