Technology & Innovation

The cyber-chasm: How the disconnect between the C-suite and security endangers the enterprise

March 03, 2016

Global

March 03, 2016

Global
Anonymous Writer

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Research Methodology

In January-February 2016, the EIU, surveyed 1,100 senior executives on data security practices within their firms. The survey’s primary objective was to analyse the differences, if any, between the C-suite and senior IT executives on data security.

The survey sample was recruited from companies with between $500 million and $10 billion in revenues, and is equally representative of the Americas, Asia-Pacific and European regions. The panel came from 20 industries, with no single industry accounting for more than 14% of the total.

This was a survey of senior executives. The C-suite segment, sometimes referred to herein as senior management or corporate leadership, consisted exclusively of C-suite executives (eg CEOs, CFO, COOs). The security segment, sometimes referred to herein as the security executives, consisted of the CIO and those who identified themselves as Chief Data Officers or Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs).

Each panel was asked an identical set of 20 questions, and the results have been reviewed for insight and commentary by a panel of independent experts.

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