Most organizations need six months or longer to roll out new security controls
Cisco survey of 8,000 professionals finds only 21% can deploy a new security control within six months.
Cisco surveyed 8,000 security professionals in 30 markets on defending against AI-era threats, and only 8% landed in its top readiness group. Only 21% of organizations can switch on a new security control within six months after budget and approval, versus 52% in that top group. Forty percent of teams spend more time collecting and matching data than investigating threats. Among organizations that raised security spending, 41% reported fewer incidents, compared with 71% in the low-friction group.
- Cisco surveyed 8,000 security professionals across 30 markets.
- Only 8% scored in the top readiness group.
- Just 21% can enable a new control within six months after approval.
- Forty percent of teams spend more time correlating data than hunting threats.
- Cisco recommends pre-assigned decision rights, unified data, and incident playbooks.
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Cisco surveyed 8,000 security professionals in 30 markets about how well their organizations defend against AI-era threats, and only 8% landed in the top group. Cisco gave the most weight in its scoring to internal friction, meaning the delays and turf problems inside a company that slow a security team when something changes.
By Anamarija Pogorelec · helpnetsecurity.com
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