How often does your organization report on the state of your security program to the board?
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Regularly reporting on your security program ensures your organization stays aligned on current needs and future goals.
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According to data from Optiv and Ponemon's 2024 Cybersecurity Threat and Risk Management Report, organizations report on the state of their cybersecurity risk management program to C-level executives and/or the board of directors:
No regular schedule
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Regularly reporting on your security program ensures your organization stays aligned on current needs and future goals.
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According to data from Optiv and Ponemon's 2024 Cybersecurity Threat and Risk Management Report, organizations report on the state of their cybersecurity risk management program to C-level executives and/or the board of directors:
Regularly reporting on your security program ensures your organization stays aligned on current needs and future goals. Consider setting up a regular cadence to have these conversations.
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According to data from Optiv and Ponemon's 2024 Cybersecurity Threat and Risk Management Report, organizations report on the state of their cybersecurity risk management program to C-level executives and/or the board of directors:
How would you describe your security awareness training priorities?
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We invest in hands-on training for security staff and conduct regular tabletop exercises for business leaders.
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We provide security guidance after major incidents and send occasional phishing email tests.
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We meet compliance with an annual training module.
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How would you describe your security awareness training priorities?
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Human error is still a driving force behind data breaches. Robust training across your organization can significantly reduce the risk of internal threats.
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For an additional resource, check out Optiv’s cybersecurity training deck to help reinforce best practices with your employees.
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average lowered cost of a data breach by organizations with high levels of employee training
Source: Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023
$1.5M
Human error is still a driving force behind data breaches. Robust training across your organization can significantly reduce the risk of internal threats.
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Cybersecurity training should be a year-round initiative. Check out Optiv’s cybersecurity training deck to help reinforce best practices with your employees.
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average lowered cost of a data breach by organizations with high levels of employee training
Source: Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023
$1.5M
Human error is still a driving force behind data breaches. Robust training across your organization can significantly reduce the risk of internal threats.
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average lowered cost of a data breach by organizations with high levels of employee training
Source: Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023
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Does your organization have a cyber insurance policy?
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Does your organization have a cyber insurance policy?
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As the cyber insurance market continues to shift, cyber insurance should remain part of your overall risk management approach. Many cyber insurance companies are looking for organizations with managed and co-managed security solutions in place as they assess rates for attainment and/or renewal cycles.
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Optiv's cyber insurability services help make the cyber insurance process more predictable and provides resources and expertise to help strategically and effectively manage cyber risk.
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According to data from Optiv and Ponemon's 2024 Cybersecurity Threat and Risk Management Report respondents say their organizations:
Have cybersecurity insurance — 29%
Plan to purchase cybersecurity insurance — 48%
Other — 23%
Cyber insurance, once a “nice to have,” is now a “must have” to operate a business and should be part of your overall risk management approach. Prioritize obtaining cyber insurance as soon as possible.
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Find out how Optiv can help you navigate the complexities of cyber insurance.
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According to data from Optiv and Ponemon's 2024 Cybersecurity Threat and Risk Management Report respondents say their organizations:
Have cybersecurity insurance — 29%
Plan to purchase cybersecurity insurance — 48%
Other — 23%
Approximately how many security tools do you have in your tech stack?
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Approximately how many security tools do you have in your tech stack?
Many organizations employ too many tools, making it easy to lose track of what unique value each tool provides, leading to overspending and complexity.
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See how to jumpstart your journey to evaluating and optimizing your existing cybersecurity tool stack with Optiv’s technology consolidation and rationalization starter kit.
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Organizations surveyed in Optiv and Ponemon's 2024 Cybersecurity Threat and Risk Management Report have an average of 54 separate cybersecurity technologies.
of respondents say their organizations have too many cybersecurity tools to be able to achieve a strong cybersecurity posture
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Many organizations employ too many tools, making it easy to lose track of what unique value each tool provides, leading to overspending and complexity.
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Organizations surveyed in Optiv and Ponemon's 2024 Cybersecurity Threat and Risk Management Report have an average of 54 separate cybersecurity technologies.
of respondents say their organizations have too many cybersecurity tools to be able to achieve a strong cybersecurity posture
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See how to jumpstart your journey to evaluating and optimizing your existing cybersecurity tool stack with Optiv’s technology consolidation and rationalization starter kit.
How confident are you that each of your security tools is proving its value?
Very confident
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We don’t have any redundant tools or security gaps.
Somewhat confident
Some of our tools might not be worth what we are paying for them.
Not confident
We have more tools that we can effectively manage.
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How confident are you that each of your security tools is proving its value?
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Organizations that have done an in-depth analysis of their tech stack are much more likely to have more efficient technology utilization and lower costs.
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Are there opportunities to increase coverage and lower costs even more? See what cybersecurity consolidation can do for you.
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Source: Optiv and Ponemon's 2024 Cybersecurity Threat and Risk Management Report
of respondents rate these technologies as highly effective in mitigating cyber risks
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Want to know how your organization can enable better technology investments? With the right consolidation strategy, your organization can get more efficient technology utilization and lower costs.
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of respondents rate these technologies as highly effective in mitigating cyber risks
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When was the last time your organization experienced a disruptive attack?
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When was the last time your organization experienced a disruptive attack?
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Organizations with managed security services or managed detection and response solutions experience fewer cyber incidents.
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of surveyed MSS/MDR users have avoided any kind of disruptive attack over the past 12 months
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Source: Optiv’s 2023 Evaluation of Managed Security Services
Find out how managed security services can elevate your cybersecurity security program.
Organizations with managed security services or managed detection and response solutions experience fewer cyber incidents.
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Source: Optiv’s 2023 Evaluation of Managed Security Services
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Find out how managed security services can elevate your cybersecurity security program.
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Source: Optiv’s 2023 Evaluation of Managed Security Services
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How is your organization embracing next-generation technology capabilities such as AI and SOAR?
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We are integrating next-gen capabilities across our organization.
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We are open to it, but unsure how to effectively fully embrace these capabilities.
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Due to internal expertise/bandwidth, we don’t plan on embracing these tech capabilities soon.
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How is your organization embracing next-generation technology capabilities such as AI and SOAR?
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AI-powered analytics and data engineering provide comprehensive insights into what’s happening in your environment.
Leading security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) technology reduces your time to respond and enables defined outcomes.
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Organizations with extensive use of security AI and automation were
Source: Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023
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faster at identifying and containing a data breach than organizations with no use of security AI and automation
AI-powered analytics and data engineering provide comprehensive insights into what’s happening in your environment.
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How concerned is your organization with these top SecOps challenges:
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We often deal with these challenges.
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We are not equipped with the tools and talent we need to effectively face these challenges.
Hiring/retaining security talent
The constantly expanding attack surface
The increasing sophistication of threat actors
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How concerned is your organization with these top SecOps challenges:
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As the attack surface and threat actors continue to evolve, ensuring that hiring and retaining top talent remains a budget priority is essential. Effectively budgeting for talent or outsourcing your security to an MSSP are two of the top considerations when dealing with these challenges.
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Source: Optiv’s 2023 Evaluation of Managed Security Services
Without hiring and retaining the right security talent, your organization will face greater opposition with the expanding attack surface and sophisticated threat actors. Effectively budgeting for talent or outsourcing your security to an MSSP are two of the top considerations when dealing with these challenges.
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Source: Optiv’s 2023 Evaluation of Managed Security Services
Without hiring and retaining the right security talent, your organization will face greater opposition with the expanding attack surface and sophisticated threat actors. Effectively budgeting for talent or outsourcing your security to an MSSP are two of the top considerations when dealing with these challenges.
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Source: Optiv’s 2023 Evaluation of Managed Security Services
Increasing your security maturity takes time and effort. We understand the challenges, and help organizations like yours evolve their security programs to ensure they are managing risk to secure business outcomes.
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Analyze your on-going operations to determine your organization’s state, strengths, weaknesses and gaps, while looking through the lenses of people, processes and technologies.
Opt for integration by replacing one-off solutions with technologies designed to integrate together and those that use strategic, operational and tactical intelligence from internal and external sources.
Optimize detection and response capabilities continuously to reduce noise, attack surface and dwell time.
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Increasing your security maturity takes time and effort. We understand the challenges, and help organizations like yours evolve their security programs to ensure they are managing risk to secure business outcomes.
Analyze your on-going operations to determine your organization’s state, strengths, weaknesses and gaps, while looking through the lenses of people, processes and technologies.
Opt for integration by replacing one-off solutions with technologies designed to integrate together and those that use strategic, operational and tactical intelligence from internal and external sources.
Optimize detection and response capabilities continuously to reduce noise, attack surface and dwell time.
Your recommendation:
Maturity Level:
Love to see it! It looks like your SecOps program is well positioned to protect against threats and further your business goals. Our experts are always available to help you continue to enhance security maturity while increasing efficiencies and lowering costs.
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Continue to be proactive by implementing integration across all security domains, people, processes and technologies to identify new and unforeseen threats.
Make automation a priority by leveraging always-on and always-learning technologies that adapt to new threats and unlock future capabilities and insights. Leverage AI to help drive decision making.
Increase resilience by applying comprehensive detection, response and platform management to reduce operational overhead and increase efficiency across overall framework.
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Your recommendation:
Love to see it! It looks like your SecOps program is well positioned to protect against threats and further your business goals. Our experts are always available to help you continue to enhance security maturity while increasing efficiencies and lowering costs.
Continue to be proactive by implementing integration across all security domains, people, processes and technologies to identify new and unforeseen threats.
Make automation a priority by leveraging always-on and always-learning technologies that adapt to new threats and unlock future capabilities and insights. Leverage AI to help drive decision making.
Increase resilience by applying comprehensive detection, response and platform management to reduce operational overhead and increase efficiency across overall framework.
Your recommendation:
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