Security attitudes are improving but most don’t want to take responsibility

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While there is growing momentum in the cybersecurity world this, ironically, might create a false sense of security and reality-check every now and then is always helpful.

A survey from Microsoft and insurance broker Marsh has highlighted some progress in the cybersecurity world, however there are still monumental risks which are worth highlighting. This is the encouraging, but humbling point which is being made by the duo here. Perhaps one of the most worrying is the attitude of security is someone else’s responsibility.

Only 19% of large enterprise organizations believe they pose a risk to the supply chain, which is certainly not the case. It does appear these companies believe the responsibility of securing the ecosystem should be dealt with by someone else.

“Despite the decline in organizational confidence in the ability to manage cyber risk, we’re optimistic that more organizations are now clearly recognizing the critical nature of the threat and beginning to seek out and embrace best practices,” Joram Borenstein, GM of the Cybersecurity Solutions group at Microsoft, wrote.

“Effective cyber risk management requires a comprehensive approach employing risk…

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