What global IT security leaders are prioritizing right now
Elastic surveyed 130 CISOs, CSOs, and equivalent roles worldwide to gather insights on their top priorities. From fintech to the public sector, we discovered what keeps your peers up at night. See how you and your organization stack up.
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Survey highlights and insights
See what leaders across industries have to say about the state of cybersecurity.
What do security leaders in financial services focus on?
Financial services security leaders spend the most time on risk management and least on incident monitoring.
Stress levels
Not too bad. Financial service leaders actually responded with the lowest stress levels of any industry we surveyed.
Level of autonomy
Compared to other industries we surveyed, this level of autonomy to make important decisions is right in the middle of the pack.
Wish they had more time for?
Financial services security leaders would spend less time on governance and assurance in favor of more risk management and incident monitoring.
How was this data gathered?
Our interactive digital survey collected responses across the AMER, EMEA, and APJ regions from security leaders who represent organizations from 500-5000+ employees.
130
Participants
AMER, EMEA, APJ
Regions
500-5000+
Organization size
Questions we asked
Here are some of the questions we asked security leaders to gather insights on their top priorities, aspirations, and levels of stress in a typical work week.
Of your average work week, how much time would you say you designate towards the following work functions? (e.g., strategic planning, security governance, risk management, etc.)
What’s your age, region, and size of your company?
How many hours do you work in the average work week?
What are the typical work hours of your day?
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