According to the HP sponsored1 2014 Executive Breach Preparedness Research Report, more than 70 percent of executives think that their organization only partially understands the information risks they’re exposed to as a result of a breach. To add to that, less than half of c-suite and board-level executives are kept informed about the breach response process.
This report also found that business leadership knows that their involvement in data breach incident response is important – but they don’t believe, generally, that they are actually accountable for data breaches. In fact, only 45% stated that they think they are accountable for data breaches in their organization.
Read the full report for more insights.