The Bottom Line: Nearly three-quarters of organizations lack sufficient coordination and transparency to effectively defend against major cyberattacks despite having security technologies in place.
A study shows that 73 percent of surveyed organizations are not adequately prepared for large-scale cyberattacks – although technical infrastructures exist, they lack coordination, visibility, and management alignment.
The study “The State of Incident Response Readiness 2026” is based on a survey of 600 IT security decision-makers conducted by Vanson Bourne in January 2026. It reveals a fundamental governance problem: while many organizations have incident response plans, security tools, and technical teams, they do not work together with sufficient coordination.
The core deficiency lies in three areas – lack of organization-wide visibility into security incidents, missing coordination between security and business functions, and insufficient escalation paths to executive leadership and the board. These gaps mean that even well-equipped security teams cannot respond quickly and decisively when a genuine major attack occurs.
For CISOs, this represents a strategic imperative: the mere sum of tools and processes does not guarantee the ability to act in a crisis. Instead, organization-wide integration is required – from technical detection through operational response to business continuity.
Source: thehackernews.com · Published July 29, 2026
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