Foundry report shows security threats and
integrating new technology are top challenges in maintaining
cybersecurity posture; Managed XDR could be missing
link
WATERLOO, ON, Oct. 4, 2022
/CNW/ -- BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX:
BB) today published new research highlighting the
challenges organizations in all major sectors face in maintaining
and improving their overall cybersecurity posture.
The survey of 405 senior IT, networking, and security
decision-makers in the US, Canada
and the UK revealed 83% of organizations agreed building
cybersecurity programs is expensive due to required tools,
licenses, and personnel, and 80% agreed it's challenging to fill
specialized security roles. Most organizations (78%) have an
incident management process, but half (49%) agree they lack the
teams and tools to be effective 24/7/365. Evolving security threats
(53%) and the task of integrating new technology (53%) are cited as
top challenges in maintaining security posture.
"Strengthening cyber defenses and maintaining operation
around-the-clock calls for businesses to make significant
investments in sophisticated tools and highly skilled staff.
Organizations often find their IT staff are stretched thin or not
skilled enough to manage security technologies," said Nathan Jenniges, Vice President, Cybersecurity
Product Strategy at BlackBerry. "With 24x7 monitoring and
mitigation, Managed XDR could be the missing link, particularly for
critical infrastructure organizations, which are greater targets
for cyberattacks with potentially damaging results."
The survey results, highlighted in BlackBerry's Midmarket Game
Plan: Shore Up Security and Resilience with Managed XDR, also
addressed awareness and perceptions of Extended Detection and
Response (XDR), a cybersecurity solution that collects and analyzes
data from multiple sources to predict, prevent, discover, and
respond to cyberattacks around-the-clock. Managed XDR can provide
significant benefits to companies that understand and value the
expanded protection XDR can provide but lack the resources to
implement it on their own.
Additional key findings of the survey include:
- Acute Cybersecurity Challenges for Healthcare and Energy
Sectors
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- 77% of healthcare respondents and 72% of energy and utility
respondents said the amount of work required to create their own
dedicated security operations was daunting
- Healthcare respondents were the least likely (63%) to agree
they have an incident management process to handle threats
- While 60% of energy and utility companies have a Security
Operations Center (SOC) or equivalent in place, only 1 in 5 (20%)
said they have the right skillsets to adopt XDR; as a result only 1
in 3 (33%) were confident in their ability to gain a strong return
from XDR
- Use of IT/Cybersecurity Managed Services to Plug the Talent
Gap
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- 80% of respondents use a managed service provider for at least
some of their cybersecurity workloads
- 45% say the ability to free up existing resources is the top
anticipated benefit of leveraging managed IT/cybersecurity
services
- 42% report a better ability to address skills and resource gaps
using managed services
- XDR Awareness and Adoption
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- 79% are likely to consider an XDR solution over the next 12
months; large enterprises and manufacturing organizations most
likely to consider an XDR solution
- 77% of those considering an XDR solution plan to outsource some
or all XDR management
- 51% who plan to outsource XDR management are extremely
confident in their ability to gain a return from XDR, as opposed to
35% managing XDR themselves
- Small businesses (53%) are most likely to be concerned about
having the skills necessary to adopt XDR, compared to large
enterprises (47%) and commercial businesses (41%)
Click here to view the full report.
The survey results are included in a new IDC report sponsored by
BlackBerry titled Managed XDR Evolution Advances Cyber Protection.
This report covers building a resilient, scalable, and cohesive
strategy with XDR and will be released on October 6th, 2022.
For more information on how BlackBerry's comprehensive,
prevention-first, AI-driven cybersecurity solutions can help your
business prepare for, prevent, detect and respond to cyber threats,
please visit BlackBerry.com/Cyber.
Notes to editor: Research conducted in
June and July 2022 by Foundry on
behalf of BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB), into 405 people (in the
US, Canada, and the UK) who are
senior IT/Networking/Security decision-makers at companies with
over 500 employees.
About BlackBerry
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and governments around the world. The company secures more
than 500M endpoints including
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and machine learning to deliver innovative solutions in the areas
of cybersecurity, safety, and data privacy solutions, and is a
leader in the areas of endpoint security, endpoint management,
encryption, and embedded systems. BlackBerry's vision is
clear - to secure a connected future you can trust.
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