Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 44 | Page 26

INFOGRAPHIC Tenable report finds 90% of security professionals have suffered damage to environments from cyberattacks A report by the Ponemon Institute for Tenable finds 62% of respondents said their organisations have suffered multiple attacks. T enable, the cyber exposure company, has released the Cybersecurity in Operational Technology: 7 Insights You Need to Know report, an independent study by the Ponemon Institute. The study identifies the true extent of cyberattacks experienced by critical infrastructure operators – professionals in industries using industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT). It found that 90% of respondents stated their environments had been damaged by at least one cyberattack over the past two years, with 62% experiencing two or more attacks. Key highlights from the study include: • Insufficient visibility into the attack surface: 80% of respondents cited lack of visibility into the attack surface, knowing what systems are part of their IT environments, as the number one issue in their inability to prevent business- impacting cyberattacks. • Inadequate staffing and manual processes limit vulnerability management: Lack of personnel and a reliance on manual processes were cited “ IT FOUND THAT 90% OF RESPONDENTS STATED THEIR ENVIRONMENTS HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY AT LEAST ONE CYBERATTACK OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. 26 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com