Executives at Elevated Risk for Cyber Threats on Social Media

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — SafeGuard Cyber, the only SaaS platform dedicated to managing the full lifecycle of digital risk protection, today released findings from a survey of 600 enterprise leaders across marketing, communications, and information security roles about the cyber risk exposure to their companies’ executives’ social media accounts. Key findings indicate that while enterprises are investing more in executive communication programs, security remains an outstanding concern. Oversight is lacking, record-keeping is often manual, and the responsibility for risk management is unclear.

The survey sought to uncover how companies consider the security risks involved, and their organizational approach to risk management. The survey was conducted online in December 2020, among 600 senior enterprise IT and security professionals at companies with annual revenues between USD $100M to $1B+.

Key findings include:

  • Fully 56% of respondents said the role of executive communications will ‘increase in importance of priority’ during 2021, following the tumultuous events of 2020.
  • When it comes to cyber risks, 1 in 3 enterprises are most afraid of…

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