"The Security Management Gap Grows as Digital Threats Outstrip Defense Capabilities"
RiskIQ has published its 2017 State of Enterprise Digital Defense Report, which reveals the most noted external digital threats faced by organizations and the level of confidence held by enterprise security practitioners in the management and defense against such threats. The most noted external digital threats that have been faced by organizations in the past 12 months include malware, ransomware, social impersonation, phishing, rogue mobile apps, and more. According to the report, many enterprise security practitioners lack confidence in the management of digital threats and the reduction of their attack surface. This article further discusses the results shared within the report as well as what these results indicate about perspectives toward organizations’ digital defense posture in pertinence to digital security measures and tools.