Despite the overall growth in cyberattacks, only one-third of organizations say the cybersecurity function is involved at the planning stage of a new business initiative, according to the EY Global Information Security Survey (GISS).
This year's GISS, which surveyed almost 1,300 cybersecurity leaders at organizations worldwide, showed that almost 60 percent of organizations have faced an increased number of disruptive attacks in the past 12 months, according to Kris Lovejoy, EY Global Cybersecurity Leader, Advisory. Moreover, over the last year, activists were responsible for 21 percent of successful cyber attacks—second only to organized crime groups (23 percent)—compared with last year's study, where just 12 percent of respondents considered activists as the most likely source of an attack.
Despite the increasing risk, only 36 percent of new, technology-enabled business initiatives include the security team from the beginning.
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