{"id":581,"date":"2021-05-06T13:48:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T13:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/?p=581"},"modified":"2021-05-06T13:53:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T13:53:54","slug":"research-details-how-cybersecuritys-reputation-rose-in-the-pandemics-first-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/research-details-how-cybersecuritys-reputation-rose-in-the-pandemics-first-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Research details how cybersecurity\u2019s reputation rose in the pandemic\u2019s first months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic had a\u00a0positive impact on the cybersecurity profession, raising the profile of chief information security officers and others within their organizations, and\u00a0giving them\u00a0a new sense that their work and expertise were appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe overall implication will be that cybersecurity is valued at a higher level and has a better voice within the overall organization,\u201d said one CISO.<\/p>\n<p>While the study,\u00a0developed\u00a0by CRA Business Intelligence\u00a0and published in summer 2020, offered\u00a0other\u00a0more\u00a0sobering perspectives\u00a0on the profession\u00a0at peak\u00a0pandemic\u00a0\u2014 including elevated levels of stress and burnout\u00a0\u2014\u00a0it\u00a0stands\u00a0also\u00a0as\u00a0a powerful reminder of cybersecurity professionals\u00a0emerging role\u00a0as\u00a0the business world\u2019s quintessential\u00a0crisis\u00a0managers.\u00a0The full report can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CRA_COVID_FullReport_092120.pdf\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the weeks after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in the U.S., a consensus quickly emerged that the outbreak had significantly raised the global community\u2019s cyber risk\u00a0profile \u2014 by forcing a massive shift to less-secure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/network-security\/managing-the-great-return-what-cisos-should-consider-when-reopening-the-office\/\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">home-based workforces<\/a>, sparking a rise in exploits that preyed on pandemic-related fears and emotions, and expanding attack surfaces in sectors like healthcare, banking and food distribution.<\/p>\n<p>CRA\u2019s\u00a0research\u00a0looked\u00a0beyond\u00a0the\u00a0pandemic threat landscape, focusing instead on\u00a0its\u00a0many significant implications for cybersecurity as a profession and organizational function.\u00a0And it offered\u00a0recommendations to security professionals hoping to seize\u00a0the\u00a0moment.<\/p>\n<p>The study, \u201cThe Pandemic as Catalyst for Change,\u201d is based on a survey of some 280 cybersecurity professionals, completed in June 2020. Respondents, 77% of whom were located in North America, represent a cross-section of the profession, including large (49%), medium (29%) and small companies (23%), and a broad selection of industries, such as IT\/technology, services, financial services, education, government, manufacturing and healthcare.\u00a0It\u00a0also analyzes cybersecurity strategies by industry and examines how organizations\u2019 pre-pandemic security stances affected their responses and outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>The report\u2019s key findings include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cyber professionals say they are newly appreciated and valued by their organizations owing to their work in the pandemic\u00a0\u2014\u00a0countering\u00a0the profession\u2019s long-held sense of its\u00a0marginalization, and even disregard, by leaders and others in\u00a0their organizations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: SC Media<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/cra-business-intelligence\/research-details-how-cybersecuritys-reputation-rose-in-the-pandemics-first-months\/\">Read the Full Story Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic had a\u00a0positive impact on the cybersecurity profession, raising the profile of chief information security officers and others within their organizations, and\u00a0giving them\u00a0a new sense that their work and expertise were appreciated. \u201cThe overall implication will be that cybersecurity is valued at a higher level and has a better [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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