SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Proofpoint, Inc., a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, and Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan (CAMS), an interdisciplinary research consortium, today released their Cybersecurity: The 2022 Board Perspective report, which explores board of directors’ perceptions about their key challenges and risks. Cybersecurity is dominant on their agendas. Seventy-seven percent of participants agree cybersecurity is a top priority for their board and 76% discuss the topic at least monthly. Consequently, 75% believe their boards clearly understand the systemic risks their organizations face and 76% assert they’ve made adequate investments in cybersecurity.
But this optimism may be misplaced. Our report found that nearly two-thirds (65%) of board members believe their organization is at risk of material cyber attack in the next 12 months. Almost half (47%) feel their organization is unprepared to cope with a targeted attack. And only two-thirds of board members view human error as their biggest cyber vulnerability, despite the…
