Report says financial firms may be ‘overconfident’ about cyber

Accenture’s research shows only around 20% of firms are making improvements to IT security

Cyber thief

Financial firms may be overconfident in their abilities to fend off a cyber attack, according to a report released by consulting firm Accenture earlier this month.

In its annual Security Research Study, Accenture notes the number of successful security breaches decreased from 36% in 2017 to 15% in 2018.

Meanwhile, the proportion of banking executives who are “confident” or “extremely confident” in their firm’s ability to fend off an attack is 80% across all “technologies and capabilities”.

“T

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@centralbanking.com or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.centralbanking.com/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@centralbanking.com to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Central Banking? View our subscription options

Register for Central Banking

All fields are mandatory unless otherwise highlighted

This address will be used to create your account

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Central Banking account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account

.