In 2012, PwC conducted a survey of businesses around the world, asking what kinds of information security safeguards related to people their company had in place at that time. 42.16 percent of organizations reported that they had a CISO manager in charge of security programs.
What information security safeguards related to people does your organization currently have in place?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Conduct personnel background checks
51%
Have people dedicated to employee awareness programs
47%
Have people dedicated to monitoring employee use of internet and information assets
45%
Link security, through organizational structure or policy, to privacy and/or regulatory compliance
44%
Employ Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in charge of the security program
42%
Integrate physical security and information security personnel
41%
Employ information security consultants
41%
Employ dedicated security personnel that support internal business departments
40%
Employ Chief Security Officer (CSO) in charge of the security program
34%
None of the above
20%
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* The survey included readers of CIO and CSO magazines and clients of PwC. In total 9,300 CEOs, CFOs, CISOs, CIOs, CSOs, vice presidents, and directors of IT and information security from 128 different countries.
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PwC. (December 1, 2012). What information security safeguards related to people does your organization currently have in place? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 01, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/259084/information-security-safeguards-in-place-in-companies/
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PwC. (2012). What information security safeguards related to people does your organization currently have in place?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 01, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/259084/information-security-safeguards-in-place-in-companies/
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