IBM Study: Responding to Cybersecurity Incidents Still a Major Challenge for Businesses
77 percent of firms surveyed lack proper incident response plans; while 69 percent report funding for cyber resiliency is insufficient
CAMBRIDGE, MA – 14 Mar 2018: IBM Security (NYSE: IBM) today announced the results of a global study exploring the factors and challenges of being a Cyber Resilient organization. The study was conducted by Ponemon Institute and sponsored by IBM Resilient and found that 77 percent of respondents admit they do not have a formal cyber security incident response plan (CSIRP) applied consistently across their organization. Nearly half of the 2800 respondents reported that their incident response plan is either informal/ad hoc or completely non-existent. (more…)