State of the CSO 2014

Business Leaders Turn to CSOs for Security Advice

Time Spent Advising Executives:

Q. How has the amount of time you spent advising senior executives and other top business decision-makers at your organization on security-related matters changed during the past 3 years? Q. How do you expect the amount of time you spend advising senior executives and other top business decision-makers at your organization on security-related matters will change in the next 3 years?
Source: State of the CSO Survey, CSO magazine, 2014

More Focus on Risk = Increasing Budgets

Organizations overall security budget expected to increase by an average of

in the coming year

8%

Q. Compared to the past 12 months, will your organizations overall security budget increase, decrease or remain the same in the next 12 months, if so, by what amount?
Source: State of the CSO Survey, CSO magazine, 2014

Heads of Security Oversee Multiple Functions

70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%
Both IT and corporate/physical security decisions IT security decisions only
Corporate/ physical decisions only

61% 49% 41% 31%

heads of security are involved in IT security decisions

92%

8%

9%

Heads of Security
Q. What type of security decisions are you involved in within your organization?
Source: State of the CSO Survey, CSO magazine, 2014

Non-Heads of Security

Enterprise Organizations Need Qualified Employees

Increase

26% 9%

42% 37%

Decrease

2% 5%

48%
Remain the Same

57%

69%

$1B+ Revenue

$100 - $999.9M Revenue

<$100M Revenue

Q. Will your organizations security staff headcount increase, decrease or remain the same in the next 12 months? (Please consider full-time equivalents only. Do not include contract or outsourced employees.)
Source: State of the CSO Survey, CSO magazine, 2014

Low Satisfaction with Service Vendors

Q. In general, how satisfied are you with the quality and relevance of products and services offered by security vendors?
Source: State of the CSO Survey, CSO magazine, 2014

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For more information on this study, contact Sue Yanovitch, VP of Marketing, at syanovitch@idgenterprise.com.

Source: State of the CSO Survey, CSO magazine, 2014