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Ryan Kalember , Executive Vice President of Cybersecurity Strategy at Proofpoint
659 board members at organisations with 5,000 or more employees across different industries . In June 2023 , more than 50 board directors were surveyed in each market in each of the following 12 countries : the US , Canada , the UK , France , Germany , Italy , Spain , Australia , Singapore , Japan , Brazil and Mexico .
The report explores three key areas : the cyber threats and risks boardrooms face ; their level of preparedness to defend against those threats ; and their alignment with CISOs based on the sentiments Proofpoint uncovered in its 2023 Voice of the CISO report . Proofpoint found a similar year-over-year increase in the number of CISOs who feel at risk and unprepared , and a closer alignment than before between board directors and security leaders .
“ The newfound alignment between board members and their CISOs on cyber-risk and preparedness is a positive sign that the two sides are working closer together and making progress . However , this growing alliance hasn ’ t yet delivered significant changes in cybersecurity posture , despite boards feeling good about the time and resources they ’ re investing to combat this risk ,” said Ryan Kalember , Executive Vice President of Cybersecurity Strategy at Proofpoint . “ Our findings show that it remains a challenge to translate increased awareness into effective cybersecurity strategies that protect people and data . Growing even stronger board-CISO www . intelligentciso . com
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