Here is how, organizations Remain Unprepared to Respond to Cyberattacks

Realties related to the ability to respond to cyberattacks evolve a little bit as cyberattacks are increasingly sophisticated and state-sponsored. In effect, globally, most organizations remain unprepared to respond to cyberattacks. Still not prepared to manage and mitigate a cyberattack. A lack of planning and preparation is the biggest barrier.

 

The results of the annual Cyber Resilient Organization 2016 study (IBM and Ponemon) reveals that, 66 percent of respondents say their organization is not prepared to recover from cyberattacks.

Among a set of barriers, we have the “complexity of IT processes’’ and “complexity of business processes.

For the second straight year, the study showed that challenges with incident response (IR) are hindering Cyber Resilience. Seventy-five percent of respondents admit they do not have a formal cyber security incident response plan (CSIRP) that is applied consistently across the organization. Of those with a CSIRP in place, 52 percent have either not reviewed or updated the plan since it was put in place, or have no set plan for doing so. 

According to respondents, an incident response platform (IRP) is among the most effective security technologies for helping organizations become Cyber Resilient, along with identity management and authentication, and intrusion detection and prevention systems.