37% of CIOs Feel Safer Against Data Breaches Than Their Competition
CIOs were asked, “Compared to other companies in your industry, do you feel you are more or less well-equipped to respond to a security breach?”*
| 50% About the same |
| 37% More well-equipped |
| 11% Less well-equipped |
| 1% Don’t know |
CIOs were also asked, “Which of the following are approaches your firm uses to educate employees on best practices for data security?”**
| 61% Conduct regular presentations on security best practices |
| 56% Using gamification or incentives to enhance and encourage employee education |
| 49% Mock phishing exercises to test employee knowledge |
| 21% None of these |
Source: Robert Half Technology. Responses from interviews with more than 2,500 U.S. CIOs in 25 metropolitan areas.
*Responses do not total 100 percent due to rounding.
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