Indian CEOs high on breaching information security protocols

Rampant adoption of Internet of Things means number of vulnerable devices at risk will also rise

Eighty three per cent Chief Information Security officers (CISO) in India believe that their CEOs have breached information security protocols, says a new Symantec survey. On a brighter note, more Indian companies are encrypting their cloud data than the global average, said the report.

The survey covered 100 CISOs across India and 1,100 CISOs globally. Tarun Kaura, Director - Product Management of Symantec (Asia Pacific) says, "Tracking unsanctioned applications and the visibility of data within the cloud is a major challenge for enterprises."

Kaura added that WannaCry definitely wasn't the biggest attack in the recent past ranking the Dyn network