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New Cohesity research reveals a lack of collaboration between IT and security operations teams

New Cohesity research reveals a lack of collaboration between IT and security operations teams

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Cohesity research highlights a gap that puts businesses and security postures at risk

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Research from Cohesity reveals while most IT and security operations decision-makers believe they should share responsibility for data security, an ineffective collaboration between the two teams is not addressing growing cyberthreats.

Research commissioned by Cohesity, a leader in next-gen data management, reveals that while most IT and Security Operations (SecOps) decision-makers believe they should jointly share the responsibility for their organisation’s data security strategy, many of these teams are not collaborating as effectively as possible to address growing cyberthreats.

The survey also shows that of those respondents who believe collaboration is weak between IT and security, nearly half of respondents believe their organisation is more exposed to cyberthreats as a result – and the implications of that could have significant consequences for businesses.

The research is based on a survey conducted by Censuswide, of more than 2,000 IT decision-makers and SecOps professionals (split nearly 50/50 between the two groups) from businesses in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia – all of whom have a role in the decision-making process for IT or security.

The survey was conducted as nearly three-quarters (74%) of respondents believe the threat of ransomware in their industry has increased over the last year, with nearly half of respondents (47%) saying their organisation has been the victim of a ransomware attack in the last six months.

The survey uncovered the following results globally:

  • Security should be a shared responsibility: More than four in five (81%) of respondents overall (86% of IT decision-makers and 76% of SecOps) somewhat or strongly agree that IT and SecOps should share the responsibility for their organisation’s data security strategy.
  • Almost a third of SecOps respondents (31%) believe the collaboration is not strong with IT, with 9% of those respondents going so far as to call it ‘weak.’ Among IT decision-makers, more than a 10th of respondents (13%), believe collaboration with SecOps is not strong. In total, nearly a quarter (22%) of IT and SecOps respondents overall believe the collaboration between the two groups is not strong.
  • 40% of respondents, overall, said collaboration between the two groups has remained the same even in light of increased cyberattacks. And 12% of all respondents said collaboration has decreased. While only 5% of IT decision-makers said collaboration has decreased, nearly one in five (18%) of SecOps respondents believe that is the case, highlighting disparity between the two functions.
  • The ongoing tech talent shortage is making matters worse: When asked if the talent shortage is impacting the collaboration between IT and security teams, 78% of respondents (77% of IT decision-makers and 78% of SecOps) said: ‘Yes, it is having an impact.’
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