Chief executives of top companies are recruiting in-house teams of cybersecurity specialists, as wel21 Mar 2021 11:12
Chief executives of top companies are recruiting in-house teams of cybersecurity specialists, as well as external advisers, to try to outwit the digital criminals. The threat of huge fines under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation and its UK equivalent has also jolted bosses into action.
A survey of more than 5,000 chief executives last week found that 91 per cent were concerned about cyber threats, up from 80 per cent last year. It was the highest-ever level recorded by the PwC poll.
“For many organisations, up until a few years ago cybersecurity was seen as this technical thing that we left to the chief information security officer to deal with,” said Richard Horne, PwC’s UK head of cybersecurity. “Where many organisations are getting to is realising that every big business decision will impact your cyber-risk.”