Around 90 percent used their enterprise crisis response plan at least once in the past year.
A survey has found that 96 percent of companies say they have a cyber crisis response plan, while 71 percent have experienced at least one high-impact cyber event that halted critical business functions in the last year.
The research by Semperis also found that 90 percent activated their enterprise crisis response plan at least once in the past year — some more than 25 times. In the UK specifically, the report highlights that nearly half (49 percent) of businesses had to activate their crisis response teams up to four times in the past year due to cyber incidents.
A further 37 percent activated their crisis response team five or more times. "In today's cyber threat landscape, the ability to respond swiftly and decisively is just as critical as prevention,” said Chris Inglis, the first US National Cyber Director and Semperis Strategic Advisor.
“Companies need a command centre for crisis management, ensuring organisations have the playbook, the training and the coordination needed to turn chaos into control.”
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
