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Source: https://www.cshub.com/executive-decisions/articles/cybersecurity-mid-year-report-2020
Summary of Cyber Security Hub Survey:
– 41 percent of respondents described their job function as cyber security, 27 percent as IT, and 9 percent as corporate management
– 40 percent reported that their approach to security had not changed as a result of the global pandemic
– 20 percent of top cyber security talent were made redundant
– 62 percent expected that budgets would either decrease or stay the same
– 84 percent felt as though the overall state of cyber security was improving
– The top three areas of focus for respondents during the pandemic were security awareness, detection and incident response and access controls
– Endpoint security became the second highest spend in the from November 2019 to June 2020
– Compliance priority decreased 17 percent from 2019 to 2020
– 9 percent increase in SIEM focus showed that the community was looking to further adopt automation tools
– Nearly half of the cyber security community perceived a shortage of talent
– Companies were implementing mentor programs, engaging with universities to procure employees, and maintaining current behaviors and activities to move forward
