BANGALORE: Websense and the Ponemon Institute recently conducted a survey of nearly 5OO global security professionals in India to gain their insight on the current threat landscape and their organization’s ability to protect themselves from attacks. The report entitled “Exposing the Cybersecurity Cracks: A Global Perspective,” uncovered a startling deficit in security solution effectiveness; a disconnect between company executives and security professionals; and limited visibility into attack activity.

DEFICIENT

• 60 percent think their organization is protected from advanced cyber attacks
• 64 percent doubt they can stop the exfiltration of confidential information
• 77 percent believe cyber security threats sometimes fall through the cracks of their companies’ existing security systems
• 43 percent experienced one or more substantial cyber attacks in the past year
• 71 percent of companies do not have adequate intelligence or are unsure about attempted attacks and their impact
• 57 percent say their security solutions do not inform them or they are unsure if their solution can inform them about the root causes of an attack

DISCONNECTED

• 82 percent of respondents say their company’s leaders do not equate losing confidential data with a potential loss of revenue
• Ponemon Institute research indicates that the average cost of an organizational data breach is $5.4 million (global)
• 46 percent say their board-level executives have a sub-par understanding of security issues

IN THE DARK

• Only 39 percent believe they have a good understanding about the threat landscape facing their company
• 54 percent of respondents could say with certainty that their organization lost sensitive or confidential information as a result of a cyber attack

32 percent of those who had lost sensitive or confidential information did not know exactly what data had been stolen