According to Proofpoint, more than three-fifths (62%) of global CISOs are concerned about being personally held accountable for successful cyberattacks under their supervision, with a similar percentage of people do not join organizations that do not provide insurance to protect them. .
A security vendor surveyed 1600 CISOs from organizations with 200+ employees in 16 countries across a variety of industries and compiled the results. Proofpoint 2023 CISO Voice investigation.
CISOs in highly sensitive data-rich and highly regulated sectors, such as retail (69%), financial services (65%) and manufacturing (65%), were most likely to request insurance coverage. .
Such concerns only add to the mental strain of corporate IT security personnel. A combination of stressful work environments, shrinking budgets, and personal responsibilities can erode a CISO’s quality of life. About 60% have experienced burnout in the past 12 months, he tells Proofpoint.
CISOs are most likely to experience burnout in the retail (72%) and IT, technology and telecommunications (66%) industries.
Read more about CISO stress: A quarter of CISOs self-medicate as a pandemic stress spike.
Nearly two-thirds (63%) of respondents said they had to deal with the loss of sensitive information in the past year, and a similar number (61%) said their organizations had to deal with targeted attacks. I claim it can’t be done.
Email fraud (33%), insider threats (30%), cloud account compromise (29%), and DDoS attacks (29%) were the top concerns.
Malicious insiders (43%) will cause a breach or data breach within the next 12 months, although insider negligence surpassed malicious compromised users as the leading cause of data loss events last year more CISOs than insiders who are currently being compromised (40%). .
The report comes just days after former Uber CISO Joe Sullivan escaped jail time for covering up serious violations at the company.
But in sentenced him to three years’ probation, the judge also warned that the defendant would face jail time if a similar incident occurred tomorrow.
