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Research from Cohesity reveals while most IT and security operations decision-makers believe they should share responsibility for data security , ineffective collaboration between the two teams is not addressing growing cyberthreats .

This research pinpoints there is often a lack of collaboration between IT and security teams .

Research commissioned by Cohesity , a leader in nextgen data management , reveals that while most IT and security operations ( SecOps ) decision-makers believe they should jointly share the responsibility for their organisation ’ s data security strategy , many of these teams are not collaborating as effectively as possible to address growing cyberthreats .

The survey also shows that of those respondents who believe collaboration is weak between IT and security , nearly half of respondents believe their organisation is more exposed to cyberthreats as a result – and the implications of that could have significant consequences for businesses .

The research is based on a survey conducted by Censuswide , of more than 2,000 IT decision-makers and SecOps professionals ( split nearly 50 / 50 between the two groups ) from businesses in the United States , the United Kingdom and Australia – all of whom have a role in the decision-making process for IT or security .

The survey was conducted as nearly three-quarters ( 74 %) of respondents believe the threat of ransomware

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