Most security pros say their culture is 'just average' | TechTarget

Not even one in three cybersecurity professionals views their organization's cybersecurity culture as better than average, according to a new survey.

That leaves plenty of room for improvement, concluded "The Life and Times of Cybersecurity Professionals." Now in its eighth year, the annual study conducted by the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and Omdia, a division of Informa TechTarget, gauged the opinions of 380 IT and security professionals about a variety of topics, ranging from job satisfaction to the quality of the work being done by their own teams.

When asked to grade their organization's cybersecurity culture, only 29% rated it advanced, 50% called it average and 19% described it as fair.

What did cybersecurity professionals say would improve the state of security at their organizations? At the top of the list was a preference for increased training for cybersecurity and IT staff(42%), followed by investment in staff and...

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