GoSecure, a leading provider of Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services, and a predictive Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) platform, released a new research report, Cybersecurity Perceptions Versus Reality, which revealed a disconnect between defenders’ perceptions of how best to protect their organizations, what has been implemented, and what is needed based on what GoSecure penetration testers see in the real world.
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“This report illustrates what cybersecurity professionals perceive as important to an organization’s overall security maturity,” said Neal Creighton, CEO of GoSecure. “It also highlights that the reality of what is implemented can be vastly different. The perceptions of what is important align well for defending some of the most common attack techniques used by penetration testers. Yet our pentesters continue to identify missing controls or highlight critical findings related to each survey topic.”
To distinguish perception from reality, GoSecure’s research team developed a survey in collaboration with Serene-risc, a knowledge mobilization network in cybersecurity. The survey focused on the importance of specific security measures or controls and whether they are implemented. Security measures called out in the survey include multi-factor authentication, password policies, specific security measures, patch management, products’ features enabled by default, asset inventories, and endpoint visibility. The results of the survey were then cross-referenced against findings from the GoSecure penetration testing team.
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