A survey of Black Hat attendees, conducted by Invicti Security, unveiled fun and interesting information, including the most overused buzzwords in cybersecurity and the fact that 64% of respondents say their organizations' security resources have not increased in response to recent high-profile security breaches.

1. “Zero-Trust” is the most overused buzzword in cybersecurity today - by a lot.

2. 64% of respondents said that their organizations’ security resources have not increased in response to high-profile breaches.

3. The biggest perceived threats are malicious actors outside the company (28%), followed right behind by human error inside the company (27%). Insufficient security skills inside the company was also a popular response (23%).

4. Top of the wishlist for cybersecurity professionals - a bigger team (24%), more effective tools (20%), and a bigger budget (19%).

5. By far the largest portion of respondents (48%) see the growing number and complexity of applications as the single biggest threat to app security.

6. The average number of days to burn down existing technical debt, if focusing on nothing else?

375

7. When asked about the impact of the Biden administration cybersecurity policies:

• More than a quarter (27%) expect the order to make their job at least a little bit easier.
• Another quarter (26%) think it will make their job at least a little bit harder, with 10% expecting it to make their job a lot harder
• About half (47%) are expecting things to stay about the same

8. When asked to #badlydescribe their job, some highlights included:

• I fix people’s bad planning
• Hack my company to keep hackers from hacking my company
• I solve and squash problems or errors before anyone even knows a problem exists. Not all heroes wear capes.
• Custodial engineer. I clean up the mess
• Make people think my ideas were theirs #inception
• I let people cry on my shoulder and help them realize it was their fault
• If people hate me, I am doing a great job
• I tell everyone their work quality is bad. Eventually they agree.
• I teach people to break things