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Mind of the CISO – Part 2 Behind the Breach

November 2023
Research parameters
Topic:
Cybersecurity
Countries:
US, Mexico, Brazil, UK, France, Germany, UAE, South Africa, Australia, Japan, Singapore, India, South Korea
No. of interviews:
512
Methodology:
Quantitative and qualitative
Respondent profile:
CISOs that have managed a cybersecurity breach

Brief

Trellix were looking to conduct a two-part series to understand the mind of the CISO, including the challenges they face and their experience of managing a real-life breach.

Part 1: The mind of the CISO

The end goal was to create a collection of educational, demand generating, cybersecurity thought leadership collateral.

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Solution

In order to really get into the mind of the CISO, we recommended a dual methodology approach (quantitative and qualitative).

By utilising this approach, we could explore both the ‘what’ through quantitative stats and ‘why’ through qualitative in-depth interviews to build a solid view of the mind of the CISO, helping to showcase real-life, impactful scenarios. It allowed us to maximise the impact of the messaging and resonate with Trellix’s audience, with the real-life quotes adding emotion to the headline grabbing stats.

 

Outcome

For each campaign, we ran an insight discussion where we combined the quantitative and qualitative results together. From this discussion, we then created two eBooks for publication – the ‘hero’ asset which positioned Trellix as a thought leader in the category of XDR, and cybersecurity more broadly.

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Key findings

"You’re never as secure as you would like to think you are, and you have to look in the darkest crevices and the smallest cracks because that’s where the weakness lies” - CISO, Manufacturing, USA
"When the rubber hits the road is where you find out whether or not the money you are paying your security partner is actually worth it" - CIO, Manufacturing, UK
66%
of CISOs switched or planned to switch their primary security vendor due to a major cybersecurity incident
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