The new report reveals businesses were under increased pressure to secure their organisations in 2014 and expect that pressure to increase in 2015. Respondents also reported pressure to roll out IT projects such as cloud and mobile applications despite having unresolved security issues; the pressures of being understaffed while security threats mount; increasing pressure from C-level executives to protect information while being resource-constrained; and more.
Key findings from the 2015 Security Pressures Report include:
“All signs point to turbulent times for IT and security professionals, and our findings back this up,” said John Amaral, Senior VP of Product Management at Trustwave. “Overall, pressures for IT and security professionals increased from 2013 to 2014 and even more distress is expected in 2015. The report also finds that the decisions security pros make are not necessarily the ones they want to make, and many report they do not have enough resources and in-house skills to deploy a defense-in-depth security program without confronting a mountain of pressure while doing it.”
“The pressures IT professionals face are growing: cybercriminals are increasingly crafty, new attack vectors are emerging, budgets are tight, skills are at a premium, security policies are either incomplete or disregarded, and many security solutions are proving too complex to manage or too basic to be useful against a professional adversary,” said Christina Richmond, Program Director, Security Services at IDC. “These pressures are driving businesses to increasingly look to partner with managed security services providers who can help control complexities related to security technologies as well as mitigate and respond to advanced security threats.”