Subj : IT admins are getting increasingly frustrated at non-IT bosses no
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Jul 16 2024 10:45:06

IT admins are getting increasingly frustrated at non-IT bosses not knowing 
their stuff

Date:
Tue, 16 Jul 2024 09:43:41 +0000

Description:
The majority of non-IT leaders are overestimating their organization's 
abilities, frustrating CISOs.

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The majority (60%) of non-IT C-suite leaders are very or extremely confident 
in their organizations ability to prevent, or stop, a destructive cyberattack 
in the next 12 months, new research has claimed. 

However, a report from cybersecurity experts Ivanti found their IT peers 
think differently, causing frustration and suggesting that non-IT leaders 
dont really understand the risks cyberthreats actually pose. In fact, less 
than half (46%) of IT professionals are equally confident. 

The two sides have aligned in terms of vulnerability management. The majority 
of IT and security pros (55%) believe their peers dont fully understand it, 
which is something 47% of the non-IT agrees with. Failure to communicate 

When leaders dont understand vulnerability management, they may not realize 
how changing leadership priorities can impact the security of their 
organization, Ivanti argues. In fact, more than 1 in 4 IT professionals say 
patch management is undermined by changing leadership priorities. 

The two sides have disparate priorities, Ivanti further notices. Non-IT execs 
are more focused on financial, legal, and reputational impacts than their IT 
peers. For example, a quarter (24%) of executive leaders label the 
reputational impact of cyber risks as high compared to only 15% of CISOs. 

For Mike Riemer, Field CISO at Ivanti, its the CISOs duty to effectively 
communicate the actual risks their organizations are faced with. The threat 
landscape is growing increasingly volatile and unpredictable and CISOs are 
tasked with enabling employees to remain productive and secure, he said. The 
success of the CISO organization is imperative to ensure the success of the 
entire organization, which explains why cybersecurity has elevated to being a 
board level discussion. 

Over the past two years, cyberthreats have gotten significantly more complex, 
largely due to the introduction of generative artificial intelligence 
(genAI), Ivanti concludes. Today, almost a third of CISOs dont have a 
documented strategy that addresses the elevated risk. More from TechRadar Pro 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/it-admins-are-getting-increasingly-frus
trated-at-non-it-bosses-not-knowing-their-stuff


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