2022 CISO Survey of Small Security Teams
Cynet’s 2022 survey analyzes the responses from 200 CISOs of small security teams to understand how they’re making budget, security technology, and strategy decisions as they plan for the year ahead.
Small security teams face the same level of threats as enterprises with a fraction of the resources. It’s hard enough to stay ahead of emerging threats. Navigating this without a large budget creates a unique challenge for these small teams.
So, how are these CISOs going to keep their organizations safe? The survey finds that they are shifting their approaches to security.
Top takeaways include:
- 94% say they have barriers in maintaining their security posture, due to a lack of skilled security personnel (40%), excessive manual analysis (37%), and the increasingly remote workforce (37%) among other factors.
- 87% have difficulty in managing and operating their threat protection products due to overlapping capabilities (44%) and difficulty visualizing the full scope of an attack (42%).
- 90% are outsourcing security mitigation to a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service, while also using Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) services (21%) and vCISO services (15%).
- 96% plan to boost visibility and control by consolidating their security platforms.
Want to get more insights into how CISOs of small security teams are evolving their protection strategies?
Download the 2022 CISO Survey of Small Security Teams now!
