88 percent of organizations have suffered cyber breaches in the last two years

A new survey of 300 CIOs, CISOs, and security executives from enterprises across Europe and the USA shows that 88 percent of organizations admit to being compromised by a cyber incident over the past two years. The study from Pentera reveals that this is despite organizations having an average of almost 44 security solutions in place. Organizations are increasingly turning to pentesting, while the need for it originated with regulatory requirements, the main motivations for pentesting today are security validation, potential damage assessment, and cyber insurance. With only 22 percent of respondents citing compliance as their primary motivation for the… [Continue Reading]