Cyber Security | North America
Key Findings
Common reasons for breaches #
43% of the respondents reported internal process issues as the chief reason for security incidents.
Security issues faced in the last 12 months #
52% of respondents said their organization didn't face any security issues in the last 12 months.
OWASP web application security risks #
Insufficient logging and monitoring came out at the top (69% each) as the most critical security risk to web applications, followed by sensitive data exposure (55%) and using components with known vulnerabilities (41%).
cybersecurity investment areas #
Cloud security (65%), the top security investment area in other regions, plays second fiddle to network and application security (76%).
Risk Mitigation | North America
Key Findings
Infrastructure security risk mitigation #
84% of the respondents reported implementing VPN access as the top recommendation to mitigate infrastructure security risk, followed by robust password policies (80%) and immediately updating security patches (79%).
Application security risk mitigation #
82% of the respondents reported using a web application firewall (WAF) as the top recommendation to mitigate application security risk, followed by having strong authentication techniques (70%).
