Only 15 percent of companies are ready for cyber threats

Just 15 percent of organizations globally have the 'Mature' level of readiness needed to be resilient against today's modern cybersecurity risks, according to Cisco's first-ever Cybersecurity Readiness Index. More than half (55 percent) of companies globally fall into the Beginner (eight percent) or Formative (47 percent) stages, meaning they are performing below average on cybersecurity readiness. Of the 6,700 cybersecurity leaders around the world surveyed, 82 percent say they expect a cybersecurity incident to disrupt their business in the next 12 to 24 months. 60 percent say they have had a cybersecurity incident in the last 12 months and 41… [Continue Reading]