A new survey from ThreatTrack USA reveals that US companies have lost ground to cyber attack perpetrators . Compared to results from the same survey , from November 2013 , 80 % of security analysts reported that defending their networks from cyber attacks remained as , if not more difficult . Among the key challenges facing security analysts was a shortage of time to analyse malware ( 53 % ) ; insufficient budget for the right tools ( 34 % ) ; a lack of highly - skilled security staff ( 37 % ) , although this improved slightly on the previous survey ; and varied technical challenges . In technical challenges , the complexity of security ( 56 % ) and its volume ( 47 % ) were rated highest . ThreatTrack president , John Lyons revealed that : “ Despite access to more tools , security analysts , the most critical resource within an enterprise 's cyber defence remain ill - equipped , underfunded and understaffed in their daily battle against advanced threats . ”
A new survey from ThreatTrack Security reveals that US companies have lost ground to cyber attack perpetrators. Compared to results from the same survey, from November 2013, 80% of security analysts reported that defending their networks from cyber attacks remained as, if not more difficult. Among the key challenges facing security analysts was a shortage of time to analyse malware (53%); insufficient budget for the right tools (34%); a lack of highly-skilled security staff (37%), although this improved slightly on the previous study; and varied technical challenges. In technical challenges, the complexity of malware (56%) and its volume (47%) were rated highest. ThreatTrack president, John Lyons revealed that: “Despite access to more tools, security analysts, the most critical resource within an enterprise's cyber defence remain ill-equipped, underfunded and understaffed in their daily battle against advanced malware.”