Indo-Pacific State of Cyber Series: State of CyberSecurity

The ninth annual survey and international report – State of Cybersecurity’, sponsored by Adobe, explores the latest cybersecurity threat landscape, hiring challenges and opportunities, and budgets, with insights from more than 2,000 security leaders around the world. 

In this special session, we not only meet with Erik Prusch, CEO of ISACA we delve into the key report findings with report contributors Jon Brandt and Jenai Marinkovic.

As Australia aspires to become the global leader in cybersecurity by 2030, new data reveals where Australian cybersecurity pros fall short of global counterparts. In Oceania, higher levels of understaffing (65 percent); somewhat or significantly underfunded cybersecurity budgets (61 percent); and lower confidence in their organisation’s ability to detect and respond to cyber threats (only 36 percent are completely or very confident), have been revealed in ISACA’s annual research report, State of Cybersecurity 2023, Global Update on Workforce Efforts, Resources and Cyberoperations.

Interestingly, only 42 percent of respondents in Oceania say their organisation conducts a cyber-risk assessment at least annually – compared to 43 percent in 2022 – despite 56 percent reporting an increase in attacks over the past twelve months.

Globally, the ninth annual survey reveals soft skills, cloud computing and security controls are emerging as the biggest skills gaps in today’s cybersecurity professionals.

ISACA® (www.isaca.org) is a global community advancing individuals and organisations in their pursuit of digital trust. For more than 50 years, ISACA has equipped individuals and enterprises with the knowledge, credentials, education, training and community to progress their careers, transform their organisations, and build a more trusted and ethical digital world. ISACA is a global professional association and learning organisation that leverages the expertise of its more than 165,000 members who work in digital trust fields such as information security, governance, assurance, risk, privacy and quality. It has a presence in 188 countries, including 225 chapters worldwide. Through its foundation One In Tech, ISACA supports IT education and career pathways for underresourced and underrepresented populations.