Cybersecurity control failures was listed as the top emerging risk in 1Q21 in a global poll of 165 senior executives across function and geography. The roots of executive concerns around cybersecurity control failures come from the hasty implementation of remote work brought on by the pandemic and ensuing lockdowns. Internal risks related to a company’s operational and cultural capacity continued to be most pressing to the executives polled and made up the top five emerging risks selected in the poll. Failures in cybersecurity control followed only a protracted vaccine rollout and reputational risks from citizen journalism in the risk velocity analysis.
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/05/03/cybersecurity-control-failures/