CISOs know they must respond quickly and effectively to an incident, yet surveys point to continuing challenges to deliver on that goal.
The State of Incident Response 2021 report, from tech companies Kroll, Red Canary and VMware, surveyed more than 400 IS professionals and 100 legal and compliance leaders and found that 45% of them identified inadequacies in detection and response resources. Additionally, 55% wanted to improve time to containment and incident response automation.
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