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The incident response mistake 73% of leaders make
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Event summary
A recent survey by Sygnia revealed that 73% of security leaders would not be fully prepared to execute their incident response (IR) plans if a major cyberattack occurred tomorrow, despite 99% of organizations having a formal IR plan. Key issues include a lack of predefined decision authority, unrehearsed escalation paths, poor stakeholder coordination, limited executive involvement, and blind spots in their environments. The article emphasizes the need for executive alignment, cross-environment visibility audits, AI security governance, and regular IR simulations to bridge this readiness gap.