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2014 State of The CSO Study
2014 State of The CSO Study
Q. How has the amount of time you spent advising senior executives and other top business decision-makers at your organization on security-related matters changed during the past 3 years? Q. How do you expect the amount of time you spend advising senior executives and other top business decision-makers at your organization on security-related matters will change in the next 3 years?
Source: State of the CSO Survey, CSO magazine, 2014
8%
Q. Compared to the past 12 months, will your organizations overall security budget increase, decrease or remain the same in the next 12 months, if so, by what amount?
Source: State of the CSO Survey, CSO magazine, 2014
92%
8%
9%
Heads of Security
Q. What type of security decisions are you involved in within your organization?
Source: State of the CSO Survey, CSO magazine, 2014
Non-Heads of Security
Increase
26% 9%
42% 37%
Decrease
2% 5%
48%
Remain the Same
57%
69%
$1B+ Revenue
<$100M Revenue
Q. Will your organizations security staff headcount increase, decrease or remain the same in the next 12 months? (Please consider full-time equivalents only. Do not include contract or outsourced employees.)
Source: State of the CSO Survey, CSO magazine, 2014
Q. In general, how satisfied are you with the quality and relevance of products and services offered by security vendors?
Source: State of the CSO Survey, CSO magazine, 2014
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For more information on this study, contact Sue Yanovitch, VP of Marketing, at syanovitch@idgenterprise.com.