New report from Commvault and Futurum shows
organizations rallying around AI to counter AI-driven threats in
2024
TINTON
FALLS, N.J., Jan. 25,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Commvault, a leading provider of
cyber resilience and data protection solutions for hybrid cloud
organizations, today released a new report that found the
traditional silos between ITOps and security teams are beginning to
break down, as organizations realize the importance of increased
collaboration to combat the onslaught of more sophisticated cyber
attacks.
Commissioned in partnership with The Futurum Group, the report,
"Overcoming Data Protection Fragmentation for
Cyber-Resiliency," surveyed over 200 C-Suite and senior-level
IT executives (more than half of which were CIOs, CSOs, and CISOs)
in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific regarding their cyber resilience
positions.
According to the report, nearly all (99%) respondents indicated
that the relationship between ITOps and security has grown more
connected over the past 12 months. For those who described the
relationship between ITOps and security as "connected," 64% stated
they now have shared goals for maintaining the company's security
and 70% stated they have joint processes and procedures in place
for daily operations. However, there is still work to do. For
example, only 48% stated they have established joint processes and
procedures in place to mitigate or recover from an incident.
"Synergies between ITOps, security teams and the C-suite has
never been more crucial as cyber criminals are deploying more
sophisticated attacks powered by AI," said Javier Dominguez, Chief Information Security
Officer, Commvault. "But, with 19 cyber attacks every second,
breaches are inevitable. It's critical that ITOps and security
teams jointly think about recovery as part of an end-to-end
security practice tied to the NIST framework."
Using AI to Advance Security
AI is expected to be a major theme in 2024 with more than
two-thirds (68%) of respondents indicating the technology will
boost their security efforts by identifying and responding to
threats more quickly and accurately. Respondents identified several
ways AI could improve their organization's security posture,
including:
- Augmenting and automating employee training and security
awareness (67%)
- Increasing efficiency by automating day-to-day operational
processes associated with data protection (66%)
- Augmenting user authentication and access control (57%)
- Augmenting compliance monitoring and reporting (52%)
Data Fragmentation Creates Cyber Resilience
Challenges
Organizations continue to grapple with fragmented data
protection solutions, which not only creates management
complexities but cyber resilience challenges. More than 90% of
respondents say fragmentation of data protection tools has a
direct, negative impact on their organization's cyber resiliency
and 54% indicated that fragmentation hinders their organization's
cyber resiliency efforts.
"Utilizing a host of fragmented data protection products can
drive up costs, create management nightmares, give bad actors more
avenues to exploit, and slow down recovery," said Krista Macomber, Research Director, The Futurum
Group. "This research serves as a good reminder that organizations
should consider a modern platform that can reduce fragmentation,
protect a vast array of workloads across any location, predict
threats faster, and speed up response and recovery times."
To review the full survey results, click here.
Methodology
Commvault sought to learn how data sprawl
and fragmentation of data protection tools are threatening
organizations' overall cyber-resiliency. To facilitate this
research, Commvault commissioned The Futurum Group to conduct an
independent effort in finding answers to these important
issues.
The Futurum Group surveyed 205 C-Suite, VP and Director-level IT
Operations and Security professionals. Surveys were collected in
September 2023. Specifically, 84% of
respondents held C-Level titles, 18% held security-related titles,
and 14% held VP/IT-Director level titles. We focused on the C-Suite
to get the view from the top, given the visibility and critical
importance of cyber-resiliency. Well over half (57%) of respondents
came from organizations with 1,000-5,000 employees. The major
geographical regions (the Americas, EMEA, and APAC) were fairly
evenly represented.
About Commvault
Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) is the gold
standard in cyber resilience, helping more than 100,000
organizations to uncover, take action, and rapidly recover from
cyberattacks—keeping data safe and businesses resilient and moving
forward. Today, Commvault offers the only cyber resilience platform
that combines the best data security and rapid recovery at
enterprise scale across any workload, anywhere with advanced
AI-driven automation—at the lowest TCO.
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