In the two years proceeding from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the business world has been transformed on a grand scale. Organizations have created more data than ever before, data is now spread across a wider attack surface, putting it at a heightened risk of becoming a compromised risk. The manner and location of data storage and correspondence has had to shift to meet the needs of remote and hybrid workers, with companies being forced to take a more rigorous approach to data security.

Information Security Media Group has partnered with HelpSystems in order to conduct a survey of organizations’ CISOs in order to gauge the temperature of the state of information security from the C-Level perspective. The survey asks important questions with regards to changes in data security perceptions and procedures, the relative success of data protection methods, and concerns and priorities going forward. The results of the survey provide a window into the minds of the decision makers who have the responsibility of keeping companies’ information secure. The report provides the reader with an in-depth analysis of the findings, as it includes not only respondents answers, but expert analysis and interpretation of those responses to identify what this means for the industry moving forwards.

Key findings from the Data Security Report

The conclusions drawn from the survey results are promising. Emerging trends in current practice and projected future plans show that companies are embracing the enforced changes in business practices and taking the necessary steps to increase security in the face of increasing threats. Overall, respondents feel that their enterprises are equally or more secure than one year ago. They also anticipate greater budgets and greater protections moving forward to assist them in to adapting to increasing threats.

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