Less than a fifth of organizations are effectively stopping cyberattacks

Just 17 percent of organizations worldwide are considered 'leaders' in cyber resilience, meaning under a fifth are effectively stopping cyberattacks and finding and fixing breaches fast enough to lower the impact, according to a new report from Accenture. Based on a survey of more than 4,600 enterprise security practitioners, Accenture's report looks at how businesses prioritize security, the effectiveness of their current security efforts, and the impact of new security-related investments. Leaders are characterized as among the highest performers in at least three of four categories: stopping more attacks, finding breaches faster, fixing breaches faster and reducing breach impact. The… [Continue Reading]