Financial institutions, government, military, hospitals and mostly all businesses in today’s world collect, process and store a great deal of confidential information on computers and transmit that data across networks to other computers. This has led to the imperative need to protect sensitive business and personal information, especially since the volume and sophistication of cyber attacks has also radically increased.

To bring out the complexities faced by IT Heads and security professionals, our group publication CSO Forum did a survey with 50 companies to understand the issues and challenges faced by them. The report, “Annual State of Cyber Security Survey 2013,” seeks to assess the current state of cyber security in India as perceived by CSOs/CISOs, and highlighted issues and challenges in the current cyber ecosystem in the country. The findings suggest that cyber security breach is a “new normal” for Indian companies.

All the companies surveyed had a “reported security breach” in the last one year. What was encouraging though was the greater understanding, and preparedness demonstrated by CSOs and IT teams in India to safeguard themselves from attacks. 

The CSO Forum’s “Annual State of Cyber Security Survey” 2013 in partnership with Inc. India seeks to assess the current state of cyber security in India as perceived by CSOs/CISOs by highlighting issues and challenges in the current cyber eco-system in the country and how it impacts the business operating environment. It also seeks to highlight possible roadmap for improving the eco-system in the country. 

To read more about the state of Cyber Security in India, click here.