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Increasingly complex threat landscape tops reasons for stress among cybersecurity professionals, finds survey

Economic Times · 1m

- 63% of cybersecurity professionals in India say their role is more stressful now than it was five years ago. - Top reasons for increased stress include an increasingly complex threat landscape (87%), insufficiently trained staff (54%), worsening hiring and retention challenges (53%), lack of prioritization of cybersecurity risks (44%), and low budget (40%). - 29% of Indian organizations are experiencing increased cybersecurity attacks, with another 28% expecting an attack in the next year. - Top attack types in India include social engineering (16%), malware (12%), denial of service (11%), and zero-day exploit (11%). - 49% of respondents expect cybersecurity budgets to increase in the next year, but 47% believe budgets are currently underfunded. - 46% of India-based organizations are understaffed in terms of cybersecurity positions, and 66% report difficulty retaining qualified professionals.