Larger organizations in particular have strengthened their cyber workforce this year: On average, organizations with more than $1 billion in revenue had one cyber professional per 1,086 employees.
The companies at the top of their game when it comes to cultivating a booming cyber workforce within their own organization are financial businesses, which, on average, have one cyber expert per 267 employees.
Industrial groups fall far behind, with an average of one cyber expert per 1,390 employees.
Aside from the workforce data, the report published findings that the overall cyber readiness level of surveyed organizations reached 53%, with some of them reaching highs of 80% to 90% cyber-maturity levels.
Budgets have stabilized at an average of 6.6% of IT budgets in all sectors, and organizations' cloud security and data security programs made noticeable progress in maturity development, rising 5% and 4%, respectively, compared with 2023.
Though there has been notable progress made within organizations compared to years prior, companies still struggle in certain areas, such as third-party security and industrial system security, which have average maturity levels of 48.9% and 39.9%, respectively.
This Cyber News was published on www.darkreading.com. Publication date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 18:30:08 +0000