I.T. Geeks Can't Talk to Management
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Tripwire has released results from an extensive study focused on the state of risk-based security management with the Ponemon Institute. The study examined the disconnect between an organizations commitments to risk-based security management and its ability to develop the collaboration, communication styles and culture necessary for effective security programs across the organization. The study respondents included 749 U.S. and 571 U.K. professionals in the following areas: IT security, IT operations, IT risk management, business operations, compliance/internal audit and enterprise risk management. “Risk-based security is an extremely complex problem where predictability and outcomes are constantly changing,” said Dr. Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute. “This means that even the most secure and sophisticated organizations experience risk because there are too many variables in play. Effective communication and collaboration across the organization are crucial in mitigating this risk.” The full report can be found here: http://www.tripwire.com/register/the-state-of-risk-based-security-2013-full-report/
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Editor's Notes
- Ask the audience whether they think risk management is an art or a science
- By industry:- Largest difference in the industrial industry. By job title:Professionals with roles in IT (security, operations) or in compliance, tend to think it’s more a SCIENCEProfessionals in business operations or risk management (IT or ERM) tend to lean towards ART
- Key findings from the survey include:81 percent rated their organization’s commitment to risk-based security management as ‘significant’ or ‘very significant’
- However:46 percent say their organization’s approach or strategy for risk-based security management is non-existent or ‘ad-hoc’Only 29 percent have a security risk management strategy that is applied consistently across the enterprise
- 47 percent don’t have a risk-based security management program or most program activities have not been deployed
- 62 percent say that the business has little or no input involvement in providing risk-based analysisRoughly 50%say their metrics are not aligned with needs of the business
- Key findings from the survey include:88 percent identified the protection of intellectual property and 78 percent identified the minimization of non-compliance as a key business objectives for risk-based security programs
- The lack of proactive security posture communication that can be understood by nontechnical executives is a significant challenge for a majority of security professionals. The chain of communication to the senior executive team is definitely broken. Key findings from the survey include:- 64 percent said they don’t communicate security risk with senior executives or only communicate when a serious security risk is revealed.
- 50/50 effective and not effective. Why? Top reasons:- Information is too technical to be understood by non-technical managementMore pressing issues take precedenceWe only communicate with senior executives when there is an actual incidentIt takes too much time and resources to prepare and report metrics for senior executives
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