Lessons for leaders to master cybersecurity execution.

1. Lessons from leaders to master
cybersecurity execution
Utilities
Innovatefor
CyberResilience
Third Annual State of Cyber Resilience

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Mastering Cybersecurity Execution
Innovationinvestment
is growing
Cybersecurity basics are
better for all companies
94%
of Utilities organizations spend
more than 20% of cybersecurity
budgets on advanced technologies
direct
attacks
11% 27%
security
breaches
The State of Cyber Resilience

3. Costs rises are
unsustainable
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There are hidden
threats
39%
of security breaches at Utilities
organizations are indirect attacks that
target weak links in the supply chain
57%
of Utilities
organizations
report cost
rises in last two
years
73%
of Utilities organizations
say staying ahead of
attackers is a constant
battle and the cost
is unsustainable
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The State of Cyber Resilience

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Investments are failing
for 77%oforganizations:
Gaps in
protection
55%of an organization is
actively protected by
the security program
Low detection
rates
56%of breaches are found
by the security team
Longer business
impact
12%of all breaches
had an impact
lasting < 24 hours
Customer data
exposed
37%had more than 500K
records exposed in
the last year
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The State of Cyber Resilience

5. 4xbetter at stopping
attacks
4xbetter at finding
breaches faster
3xbetter at fixing
breaches faster
2xbetter at reducing
breach impact
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A group of leading organizations are doing things differently
3.8% attacks breach
security compared
with 10.4% for Utilities
organizations
88% detect breaches
in less than one day
compared with 31% for
Utilities organizations
96% of breaches fixed
in 15 days or less
compared with 40% for
Utilities organizations
58% of breaches have
no impact on business
compared with 28% for
Utilities organizations
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The State of Cyber Resilience

6. Investfor
operational
speed
Prioritize moving fast
Choose turbo-charging
technologies
Drivevalue
fromnew
investments
Scale more
Train more
Collaborate more
Sustain
what they
have
Maintain existing
investments
Perform better
at the basics
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Mastering Cybersecurity Execution
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