Survey Data Hub - Voice of the Enterprise: Information Security, Managed Security Services 2024
Daniel Kennedy is principal research analyst for the Information Security channel at S&P Global Market Intelligence. He created and leads the Voice of the Enterprise: Information Security quantitative research product, which provides an end-user point of view on an array of information security topics. Daniel has written for both Forbes online and Ziff Davis and has provided commentary to numerous news outlets including The New York Times, USA Today and The Washington Post. His personal blog, Praetorian Prefect, was recognized as one of the top five technical blogs in information security at the RSA 2010 conference. Daniel arrived at S&P Global through its 2019 acquisition of 451 Research. Prior to 451, he was a founder and partner in the information security consultancy Praetorian Security, where he directed strategy on risk assessment and security certification. Before that he was global head of information security (CISO) for D.B. Zwirn & Co, as well as vice president of application security and application development manager at BNY Mellon’s Pershing. Daniel holds a master’s degree in information systems from Stevens Institute of Technology, a master’s degree in information assurance from Norwich University and a bachelor’s degree in information management and technology from Syracuse University. He has gained certification as a CISSP, a C|EH (Certified Ethical Hacker) and has a NASD Series 7 license.
Our latest survey examines the overall usage and plans to use managed security services, including the types of services employed, the primary reasons driving services adoption, the key pain points experienced by security leaders in that usage and characteristics of those services.
Our study examines the requirements driving extended detection and response, supporting technologies layered on to security analytics investments, the important technologies for a security operations center, enterprise plans to implement generative AI in security operations, and the key features that are considered when purchasing security operations tools.
Our third annual identity and access management survey shows that while the industry remains overly reliant on passwords, there are positive signs of change. The gap between passwords and other forms of authentication is narrowing, passwordless authentication is gaining traction, and the vast majority of enterprise applications now support multi-factor authentication.
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