Security remains a high priority for the top levels of many organizations. And security professionals believe that executive teams keep security high on the list of key organizational goals. The challenge, of course, is to match executive support with the talent and technology that can affect security outcomes.

The number of security professionals strongly agreeing that their executive leadership considers security a high priority was 59 percent in 2016, down slightly from 61 percent in 2015 and 63 percent in 2014 (Figure 46). In 2016, 55 percent of security professionals agreed that security roles and responsibilities are clarified within their organization’s executive team; in 2015 and 2014, 58 percent agreed.

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