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87% CISOs say CEOs breach protocol: Study

On the brighter side, more Indian companies are encrypting their cloud data than the global average

Dealing with the WannaCry ransomware attack
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Romita Majumdar Mumbai
Eighty seven per cent of chief information security officers (CISOs) surveyed in India believe their chief executive officers (CEOs) have breached information security protocols, says a new Symantec study. 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, Asia-Pacific, Symantec, 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