TCS Risk and Cybersecurity Study
Amid an unprecedented upsurge in sophisticated cyberattacks, a TCS study finds out how the C-suite leaders are preparing their defenses.
CISOs and CROs have invested heavily in risk assessment and security tools to anticipate threats and protect their organizations. And advanced technologies are key. But engaged and strategically aligned leadership, secure platforms, and the right skills are just as important.
Nevertheless, a sizable number of cyber risk and security executives feel worried or even overwhelmed about their ability to meet current and emerging threats. Some organizational best practices emerge that point the way toward cyber confidence.
Companies where the board of directors and C-suite are proactive about its cyber strategy are more likely to see better-than-average revenue and profit growth and fewer problems recruiting and retaining advanced cyber skills.
Financially successful companies are also more likely to regard cloud-based tools and platforms as more secure than on-premises data centers.
While companies rightly see much promise for future revenues and productivity by participating in emerging digital ecosystems, most companies are too complacent about the risks and threats inherent in such exchanges of data.
Recruiting and retaining top talent with the relevant skill sets to manage, engineer and support cybersecurity technology is the number one challenge for cyber professionals today.
Weighing the current 24/7 production schedule against the future risk of cyber threats lies at the heart of the manufacturer’s paradox
Utilities’ security strategies must encompass not only run-the-business IT but operating environments that are becoming ever more networked and therefore vulnerable. Yet some of the more financially successful utilities manage to excel at cybersecurity. Discover how.
Many banks and financial services firms have adopted extremely sophisticated cybersecurity measures to safeguard their data and processes. Yet challenges within these companies can keep their chief risk and information security officers on the defensive, playing catch-up with cyber criminals.
The media, entertainment, and information services business has experienced disruption, changes to business models and consumer behavior, large-scale mergers and acquisitions, and even redefinition and recategorization in recent years. In the context of these upheavals, we surveyed over 151 cyber executives—chief information security officers and chief risk officers of major media and entertainment companies—to learn how they’re facing the expanding landscape of cyber threats.
Just how confident are CISOs and CROs today? How engaged are their boards of directors? And can they rely on their fellow C-suite and business unit executives to embed cyber risk and security considerations in their plans and projects? Learn these answers and other findings in this brief
A majority of CISOs say they’re not equipped to ward off the most sophisticated cyber attacks. Yet it’s the companies that don’t yet trust the security of cloud platforms where cyber executives are the most overwhelmed by internal risks and external threats. Learn more in this sneak peak of the study data.
TCS Thought Leadership Institute conducted this study of more than 600 CISOs and CROs early in 2022 amid an unprecedented upsurge in increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks from criminals, sovereign states, and other bad actors exploiting global socio-political and economic tensions. The survey respondents were drawn from North American, European, and UK-headquartered companies in four industries facing an unprecedented onslaught of cyber threats and increased risks, whether to business data, customer data, their operations, trade secrets, or their supply chains: banking and financial services, manufacturing, utilities, and media and information services.