Companies are afraid of the threat posed by unknown threat actors and exploits, according to research from security monitoring specialist Critical Start, which said that, by and large, administrators are more afraid of what they don’t know than flaws and attacks that are already public.
The study, which polled some 1,000 cybersecurity professionals across various sectors, found that in many cases network defenders will be more likely to invest their resources in third-party services that offer defenses against threats not yet known or widely publicized.
According to the survey, 86% of respondents said that unknown risks were currently a top security concern for their companies, according to Critical Start, which is up 17 percentage points from the same study in 2023.
“About 99 percent of organizations plan to offload segments of cyber risk reduction workstreams or projects to security service providers within the next two years,” the report reads.
“Driving this trend is the recognition that unknown risks pose a serious concern, and outsourcing can provide the necessary expertise and resources to manage these risks effectively while enabling organizational resources to focus…
