Challenges with Data Weaken Cybersecurity Posture for Government Agencies
Splunk Survey Reveals More than Half of Public and Private Sectors Report Difficulties Leveraging Data to Inform Cybersecurity Decisions
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The survey found two-thirds (66%) of public sector agencies have difficulties leveraging data to mitigate and recover from cybersecurity incidents and half (52%) of the sector have issues leveraging data to inform cybersecurity decisions. This visibility challenge was also relatively high within the private sector, sharing a similar majority opinion (56% and 50%), showcasing consistency across industries. Another area of concern, both private and public sector respondents noted disparate data sets inhibit agility and real-time response to security events (84% private sector and 56% of public sector).
These data challenges also directly impact partnerships between the public and private sectors and their ability to share intelligence. For example, nearly half of public sector organizations (44%) believe the shared intelligence available to them is lacking for their cybersecurity needs. However, both public and private sector organizations agree on three benefits of intelligence sharing:
- Improved agility (36% public & 44% private)
- Greater visibility (32% public & 34% private)
- Targeted preventative and proactive measures (29% public & 23% private)
There is also alignment on what is most important to share [insights or information on]:
- Threat intelligence and actors (69% public and 63% private)
- Real-time information on security events (60% public and 69% private)
- Cybersecurity training materials and best practices (79% public and 68% private)
- Benchmarked data (36% public and 31% private)
In light of this, the public and private sectors share similar cybersecurity priorities, including:
- Improving threat response/remediation (55% public and 53% private)
- Improving detection of emerging threats (49% public and 47% private)
- Improving user security awareness (46% public and 50% private)
“At the core, security is a data problem and organizations are missing a foundational piece of their security strategy when they cannot leverage their data,” said
When looking ahead, both public and private sector organizations plan a wide-array of investments to address these cybersecurity priorities. The top investments include:
- Monitoring/alerting (60% public and 59% private)
- Threat intelligence (44% public and 46% private), and
- Security assessments (40% public and 45% private)
However, it is important to note private sector respondents are more likely to be planning investments in security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR), centralized log management, and observability.
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