{"id":89824,"date":"2019-09-18T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/blog\/\/?p=89824"},"modified":"2023-05-15T23:07:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T06:07:43","slug":"marsh-microsoft-2019-global-cyber-risk-perception-survey-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/blog\/2019\/09\/18\/marsh-microsoft-2019-global-cyber-risk-perception-survey-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview of the Marsh-Microsoft 2019 Global Cyber Risk Perception survey results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Technology is dramatically transforming the global business environment, with continual advances in areas ranging from artificial intelligence (AI)<\/a> and the Internet of Things (IoT)<\/a> to data availability and blockchain. The speed at which digital technologies evolve and disrupt traditional business models keeps increasing. At the same time, cyber risks seem to evolve even faster\u2014moving beyond data breaches and privacy concerns to sophisticated schemes that can disrupt entire businesses, industries, supply chains<\/a>, and nations\u2014costing the economy billions of dollars and affecting companies in every sector.<\/p>\n

The hard truth organizations must face is that cyber risk can be mitigated and managed\u2014but it cannot be eliminated. Results from the 2019 Marsh-Microsoft Global Cyber Risk Perception survey<\/a> reveal several encouraging signs of improvement in the way that organizations view and manage cyber risk. Now that cyber risk is clearly and firmly at the top of corporate risk agendas, we see a positive shift towards the adoption of more rigorous, comprehensive cyber risk management in many areas. However, many organizations still struggle with how to best articulate, approach, and act upon cyber risk within their overall enterprise risk framework\u2014even as the tide of technological change brings new and unanticipated cyber risk complexity.<\/p>\n

Highlights from the survey<\/h3>\n

While companies see cyber events as a top priority, confidence in cyber resilience is declining. Cyber risk became even more firmly entrenched as an organizational priority in the past two years. Yet at the same time, organizations\u2019 confidence in their ability to manage the risk declined.<\/p>\n