Justin Vaug

Justin Vaughan-Brown , VP Market Insights at Deep Instinct looks at calculating cyber risk and how CEOs can get by with a little from their friends

Over the last couple of years , cybersecurity has evolved from just an IT team problem to a C-suite one . More and more C-level executives are involved in the monitoring and decision-making processes of a company when it comes to preparing for and defending against cyberattacks , and this includes CEOs .

While CEOs often have the best intentions when they show a lot of confidence in their firm ’ s cyber stance , this confidence doesn ’ t always provide the desired outcome . Our research revealed that , in some cases , there was no evaluation of cyberattacks at all and nearly half ( 48 %) of organisations provided inadequate or inaccurate assessments .

20 November 2022