DULLES, Va., Feb. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study
commissioned by Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) in partnership with Ponemon
Institute reveals CISOs foresee cyber terrorism and cybercrime
posing significant risks to their organizations over the next three
years. The Global Megatrends in Cybersecurity 2015 survey of 1,006
cyber security CIOs, CISOs and senior IT leaders also found a lack
of resources and a critical disconnect between CISOs and senior
leadership are preventing companies from addressing the growing
cybersecurity threats. A majority of respondents (78 percent) said
their Board of Directors has not been briefed on their
organization's cybersecurity strategy in the last 12 months. In
addition, 66 percent of respondents believe senior leaders in their
organization do not perceive cybersecurity as a strategic
priority.
"You don't have to wait until you're attacked to take
cybersecurity seriously," said Jack
Harrington, vice president of cybersecurity and special
missions at Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services. "From
the board room to the President's desk, rallying around the
cybersecurity issue is critical to address the real threats we face
as a global society.
Among the findings were also some signs of optimism, as a
majority of those surveyed believe cybersecurity awareness through
training will improve over the next three years. The survey of
information security professionals from across the globe further
indicated that most security professionals expect their
organization's cyber posture to improve during that same
timeframe.
"High-profile cybersecurity breaches are closing the gap between
CISOs and CEOs by forcing meaningful security discussions into
corner offices and boardrooms," said Larry
Ponemon, chairman and founder of Ponemon Institute. "In the
meantime, our study found there is still a large delta between
resources and needs, as security leaders lack both funding and
manpower to adequately protect assets and infrastructure."
Key findings include:
- Current state of cybersecurity across industries:
- Less than half of respondents (47 percent) believe their
organizations take appropriate steps to comply with the leading
cybersecurity standards.
- Only one-third of those surveyed believe their organizations
are prepared to deal with the cybersecurity risks associated with
the Internet of things (IoT) and the proliferation of IoT
devices.
- Fewer than half of all respondents (47 percent) say their
organizations have sufficient resources to meet cybersecurity
requirements.
- Two-thirds (66 percent) of those surveyed indicated their
organizations need more knowledgeable and experienced cybersecurity
practitioners.
- Anticipated cyber trends across industries in the next three
years:
- Nearly half (47 percent) of respondents believe zero-day
threats will become one of the most prevalent cyber threats.
- More than one-third (35 percent) believes attacks on critical
infrastructure will become one of the world's five most prevalent
threats.
- Senior IT leaders see the use of virtual currencies as a low
risk to their organizations today but becoming a very high risk to
their organizations in the future.
- Surveyed CISOs believe that when it comes to cybersecurity, the
three most important technologies in the future will involve big
data analytics, forensics and next-gen firewalls.
The survey, released in partnership with Ponemon Institute, also
studied international cyber trends that are anticipated by security
professionals in the Middle East,
North Africa, and Europe, including the U.K., over the next
three years. For more detail and analysis of the survey findings,
please visit the Global Megatrends in Cybersecurity 2015 report and
infographic illustrating the survey findings.
Methodology
The Raytheon Mega Trends Survey:
2015-2018 was fielded by Ponemon Institute from December 1-21, 2014. The responses were generated
from a survey of (1,006 senior information security executives) in
the U.S., Europe, Middle East and North Africa. The margin of error for the
survey was plus or minus 3.8 percentage points at a 95-percent
confidence level.
About Ponemon Institute
Ponemon Institute was founded in 2002 by Dr. Larry Ponemon. Headquartered in Michigan, Ponemon Institute is considered the
pre-eminent research center dedicated to privacy, data protection
and information security policy. Ponemon Institute's annual
consumer studies on privacy trust are widely quoted in the media
and the organization's research quantifying the cost of a data
breach has become valuable to organizations seeking to understand
the business impact of lost or stolen data.
For more information, please visit: http://www.ponemon.org/
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2014 sales
of $23 billion and 61,000 employees worldwide, is a
technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, security
and civil markets throughout the world. With a history of
innovation spanning 93 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art
electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in
the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications
and intelligence systems, as well as cyber security and a broad
range of mission support services. Raytheon is headquartered
in Waltham, Mass. For more about Raytheon, visit us
at www.raytheon.com and follow us on
Twitter @Raytheon.
Media Contacts
Raytheon
Jason Kello
+1.571.250.1428
iispr@raytheon.com
Ponemon Institute
Susan
Jayson
+1.231.357.1732
susan@ponemon.org
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