- Isaca’s figures show that cyber attacks are occurring more frequently
- Limited budgets and lack of personnel are to blame
- Used correctly, AI can connect the gap
The new data of ISACA have claimed two out of five (39%) European professionals are informing more cyber attacks than last year, with attacks that increase both in scale and complexity.
Although the increase in the frequency of attack and gravity is not a surprise (innumerable other reports correlate with this), only about a third (38%) feels sure that their organization can respond effectively, which suggests a bad preparation and response to trends.
Bad preparation is being influenced by the lack of personnel (58%) and poor budgets (54%), but both factors were cited less than last year, suggesting that constant progress is being made.
Many organizations are not ready to respond to cyber attacks
“During the last year, the public has seen firsthand how shocking can be cyber attacks, with high -turnant devastating business gaps and dominant headlines,” explained Isaca’s global strategy director Chris Dimitriadis.
Isaca says that there is much more at stake within organizations than only bad response and preparation: other struggles are disseminating resources more finely in general. Two thirds (68%) of workers say that their work is more stressful than five years ago, with more than half (54%) concerned about unrealistic expectations or excessive workloads.
A fifth (22%) of organizations has not taken measures on exhaustion, and around one in three (36%) workers also indicate the lack of skills and training necessary.
“While organizations begin to recognize the problem and take measures to address long data problems in budgets and staff, the rate of change is still too slow,” Dimitriadis said.
Looking towards the future, all these factors are affecting the acquisition and retention of talent for half (52%) of companies, with entry level roles that take three to six months to fill for almost one in two businesses.
Although artificial intelligence has proven beneficial through threat detection (29%), the safety of the final points (28%) and the general automation of tasks (27%) among cyber security professionals, greater AI safety legislation is required and a calm to match the growing attacks.
“By assessing practical training, professional credentials and transferable skills, organizations can strengthen their teams and relieve pressure on overloaded professionals,” Dimitriadis concluded.
