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    Mitigating risk and keeping an organization secure continues to be a challenge for CSOs. This infographic dives into how the role of the CSO is evolving as a result of the constant flow of incoming threats and breaches occurring in the security industry.

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    Evolving Role of the CSO

    SECURITY INCIDENTS CONTINUE TO PLAGUE ORGANIZATIONS


    Organizations have seen security
    incidents increase at a

    Large organizations (revenue more than


    $1 billion) have seen the biggest rise in
    security incidents from 9,155 in 2013 to

    66%

    Large organizations
    also saw a

    53%

    13,138

    compound annual
    growth rate since 2004.

    jump in financial
    damages from 2013 to 2014.

    in 2014.

    AS SECURITY LANDSCAPE CHANGES, STRATEGIES REEVALUATED

    49%

    63%

    of organizations are
    reevaluating their information security standards
    as a result of big name/
    public data breaches.

    88%

    of respondents with increasing security budgets


    expect the amount of time spent advising senior
    executives to increase in the next three years.

    70%

    said they will continue to


    place more value on risk
    management in the next
    12 months.

    23%

    of security decision-makers in the


    highly targeted retail industry said
    the recent breaches have them
    reevaluating their information
    security standards.

    VS

    of security professionals now


    report directly to the CEO which
    has nearly quadrupled since
    2006 when it was just 6%

    70% $

    Connection to the top is even greater with

    31%

    of decreasing/not
    changing security
    budgets.

    62%

    internally develop
    Enterprise Risk
    Management
    frameworks.

    of CSOs reporting on a
    dotted line to the CEO and
    21% to the board of directors.

    Top 3 Areas CSOs are in Charge/Involved in 2015:

    93%
    91%
    90%

    Information Security
    Incident Response
    Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery

    The data breaches at Target and particularly Home Depot elevated the perception of risk to a companys reputation. The example provided a very
    high level of visibility of the damage to reputation as well as cost. They also elevated the need for additional security testing and scanning. We will
    be adding budget to implement next year.

    - Barr Snyderwine, CIO, Hargrove, Inc.

    CSOs RELIED ON FOR SECURITY BUSINESS INVESTMENTS

    94%

    $
    $

    expect organizations
    overall security budget to
    increase or remain the
    same in the coming year.

    Organizations overall security


    budget expected to increase
    by an average of

    11%

    in the coming year.

    Information Sources Relied on by CSOs:

    73%
    68%
    62%

    Rely on peers
    Rely on Security content/technology
    Rely on executive conferences or events

    CSOs RELATIONSHIPS WITH SECURITY VENDORS LEAVE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT

    73%
    60%

    very satisfied/satisfied
    with security products in
    2015 down from 79%
    in 2012.
    very satisfied/satisfied
    with security services
    in 2015 down from 66%
    in 2012.

    Two Most Cited Reasons For


    Discontent with Security Vendors

    78%

    Products dont live


    up to the hype

    70%

    Products
    implementation
    costs

    Emerging Issues for


    CSOs in 2015:

    Pressing Issues for


    CSOs in 2015:

    1. Demands from the board


    2. New technologies
    3. Shadow IT
    4. Demands from
    business partners
    5. Internal threats

    1. New technologies
    2. Finding people
    3. Partner security
    4. Getting actionable intelligence
    from security partners
    5. External attacks

    You can learn more on the important role the CSO plays, how to reach the CSO audience, and view more of the
    State of the CSO 2015 results here: http://bit.ly/StateoftheCSO2015 or by contacting your IDG Enterprise
    representative. You can also join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #StateoftheCSO
    Sources: Global State of Information Security Survey 2015, PwC, CIO magazine, CSO, September 2014; State of the CSO Survey, CSO, 2015;
    State of the CSO 2015: Breaches Force New Security Strategy, November 11, 2014, CSOOnline.com.

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