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ARABIAN RESELLER - JUNE-JULY 2022
PROOFPOINT’S “2022 VOICE OF THE CISO REPORT” OFFERS INSIGHTS INTO CISO CHALLENGES, EXPECTATIONS AND PRIORITIES Proofpoint, Inc., a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, today released its annual Voice of the CISO report, which explores key challenges facing chief information security officers (CISOs). While the world’s CISOs spent 2021 coming to terms with new ways of working, many now feel much more in control of their environment: 44% of CISOs in the UAE feel that their organization is at
risk of suffering a material cyber-attack in the next 12 months, down from 68% last year. But feeling prepared for a cyber attack is vastly different than being prepared. This growing confidence of CISOs is likely a result of successfully overcoming a seismic event (the pandemic) rather than any tangible change in risk levels of preparedness. Our report reveals that 47% of CISOs in the UAE still
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feel their organization is unprepared to handle a cyberattack and 50% consider the human error to be their biggest cyber vulnerability, with established workfrom-anywhere setups and The Great Resignation presenting new challenges around information protection. This year’s Voice of the CISO report examines global third-party survey responses from more than 1,400 CISOs at mid-to-large size organizations across
