Some cybersecurity experts are making moves to mitigate potential cyberattacks
March 30, 2022 | Chart
More than two-thirds of the 37 risk, strategy, and crisis management executives The Conference Board surveyed between March 10 and March 17 say their organizations are prepared to handle the increased threat of a cyberattack. Judging from our poll, warnings of a looming Digital 9/11 or a Cyber Pearl Harbor—apocalyptic and hopelessly complex threats for which both countries and companies are, if not defenseless, at least woefully underprepared—presents a one-sided picture. Cyber risk is one of many operational risks companies face. From a business viewpoint, mitigation of cyber risk is about fundamental risk management, corporate resilience, and managing human behavior.
For information on how executives are preparing to mitigate cyber risk, please see our new report Bring It On: Cybersecurity Executives Say Their Organizations Are Well Prepared to Meet a Russian Cyber Challenge.