esearch from Cohesity reveals

Research commissioned by Cohesity , a leader in next-gen data management , reveals that while most IT and Security Operations ( SecOps ) decision-makers believe they should jointly share the responsibility for their organisation ’ s data security strategy , many of these teams are not collaborating as effectively as possible to address growing cyberthreats .

The survey also shows that of those respondents who believe collaboration is weak between IT and security , nearly half of respondents believe their organisation is more exposed to cyberthreats as a result – and the implications of that could have significant consequences for businesses .

The research is based on a survey conducted by Censuswide , of more than 2,000 IT decision-makers and SecOps professionals ( split nearly 50 / 50 between the two groups ) from businesses in the US , the UK and Australia – all of whom have a role in the decision-making process for IT or security .

The survey was conducted as nearly three-quarters ( 74 %) of respondents believe the threat of ransomware in their industry has increased over the last year , with nearly half of respondents ( 47 %) saying their organisation has been the victim of a ransomware attack in the last six months .

The survey uncovered the following results globally :

• Security should be a shared responsibility : More than four in five ( 81 %) of respondents overall ( 86 % of IT decision-makers and 76 % of

SecOps ) somewhat or strongly agree that IT and SecOps should share the responsibility for their organisation ’ s data security strategy .

• But effective collaboration between IT and security teams is frequently not happening : Almost a third of SecOps respondents ( 31 %) believe the collaboration is not strong with IT , with 9 % of those respondents going so far as to call it ‘ weak ’. Among IT decision-makers , more than a 10th of respondents ( 13 %), believe collaboration with SecOps is not strong . In total , nearly a quarter ( 22 %) of IT and SecOps respondents overall believe the collaboration between the two groups is not strong .

• In many cases , even though the threat of cyberattacks has increased , the level of collaboration between IT and SecOps has remained stagnant or has declined : 40 % of respondents , overall , said collaboration between the two groups has remained the same even in light of increased cyberattacks . And 12 % of all respondents said collaboration has decreased . While only 5 % of IT decision-makers said collaboration has decreased , nearly one in five ( 18 %) of SecOps respondents believe that is the case , highlighting disparity between the two functions .

• The ongoing tech talent shortage is making matters worse : When asked if the talent shortage is impacting the collaboration between IT and security teams , 78 % of respondents ( 77 % of IT decisionmakers and 78 % of SecOps ) said : ‘ Yes , it is having an impact ’. u

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