Are cyber pros fooling themselves with skills development?
Cybersecurity teams have never been more confident in their ability to respond to a major incident. Boards are engaged, training programs are expanding, and investment continues to rise.
On the surface, this looks like progress. However, that confidence can be misleading.
Our benchmark data shows that while 94% of organizations believe they would be effective in a cyber incident, actual decision-making accuracy drops drastically in a crisis situation. During breach exercises, decision makers are making the right calls just 22% of the time on average, with incidents taking hours to contain.
The gap between confidence and capability isn’t down to a lack of effort, but misjudged focus. With the wrong direction and metrics for success, skills development often builds confidence faster than it builds real readiness.
When confidence outpaces capability
The gap between perception and performance is widening. Despite more trainingexercises being completed and a stronger involvement from the...
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