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CSIS And Intel Security Report Show Attacker Advantages in Cybercrime, Defender Issues

Tuesday, March 7th, 2017

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A new report released March 1 from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Intel Security [INTC] finds attackers have the advantage in cybercrime while defenders are bound by bureaucracy in a set of misalignments.The report, Tilting the Playing Field: How Misaligned Incentives Work Against Cybersecurity, is based on interviews and an international survey of 800 cybersecurity professionals from five industry sectors: finance, healthcare, public education, IT and telecoms, and the public sector/government. Respondents worked at companies ranging from…

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