Security operations are a critical priority for organizations and their executives. Yet, nearly one-third of executives treat security operations as either a low priority — important only during a crisis, or a medium priority — existing primarily to satisfy compliance and regulatory requirements, according to the Topo.ai 2022 Security Operations Benchmark Study, which surveyed security operations professionals, with 84% of the participants in an executive or leadership role.
Executive support and buy-in is an organizational attribute widely regarded as essential to success, the report found. A key question in the 2022 SecOps Benchmark Study examined how senior executives prioritize security operations. Seventy percent of those executives indicate their security operations (SecOps) are a critical or high priority for their organization’s executives. In contrast, 30% of participants indicated that SecOps is a low or medium priority for their senior executives.