Canadian chief information security officers have seen an increase in targeted cyberattacks on organizations’ systems but believe the expectations of officers are excessive.
Despite a shift to working from home and hybrid work since 2020, human error is the biggest cybersecurity issue for organizations, say chief information security officers (CISO) from multiple countries, including Canada.
Some 56% of respondents to a survey by Proofpoint Inc., a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, point to such errors as their companies’ most significant information vulnerability.
The California-based company’s annual Voice of the CISO report, which explores key challenges they face, also revealed that 48% of CISOs feel that their organization is at risk of suffering a cyberattack in the next 12 months — down from 64% last year.
That number is shockingly higher in Canada, where 72% feel at risk of suffering such an attack in the coming year, compared with 50% last year.
However, the data showed that 50% of global CISOs still believe their organization is…
