IT Leaders’ Cybersecurity Optimism: A Recipe for Disaster?
IT decision makers are overly optimistic about recovery times from cybersecurity incidents, with reality stretching 25% longer than predicted. Fastly’s report highlights a 7.34-month average recovery, while hopeful ITDMs guessed 5.85 months. For those cutting cybersecurity budgets, recovery can drag to 10.88 months.
Hot Take:
Ah, the sweet smell of optimism—IT decision makers are evidently brimming with it! If only good vibes could speed up recovery from cybersecurity incidents, we’d have nothing to worry about. Forget about IT wizards; what we really need are IT psychics who can predict and close that reality gap faster than you can say ‘cyber breach.’
Key Points:
- IT decision makers predict recovery from cyber incidents will take 5.85 months, but reality says 7.34 months.
- Organizations reducing cybersecurity investments might take 10.88 months to recover.
- 86% of ITDMs adjusted patch testing post-CrowdStrike incident.
- Shared responsibility in app security is growing; platform engineers and developers are increasingly accountable.
- Fastly CISO warns against knee-jerk reactions; emphasizes holistic cybersecurity strategies.
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