80 percent of IT leaders overestimate cybersecurity readiness

A new study from WanAware shows a widening disconnect between how prepared organizations believe they are for cybersecurity incidents and how they actually perform under real-world conditions. The survey of 600 leaders across industries finds 80 percent of cybersecurity and IT decision-makers claim they can detect and contain a cyber incident in under eight hours. However, external benchmarks, including IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach 2025 report, show attackers dwell inside environments undetected for an average of 181 days and breaches take 60 days to contain. “Organizations aren’t struggling because they lack tools,” says Jeff Collins, CEO of WanAware. “They’re struggling… [Continue Reading]