A survey has found that a big chunk of medium-sized businesses are looking to outsource their security operations.
Beancounters writing for the TX Next Global CTO Survey found that only one in five businesses has a dedicated cybersecurity team in place, with 40% choosing to outsource at least some of these capabilities to external providers.
Company size is a key factor in the approach taken. More than 80 per cent of organisations with 1,000+ employees have a dedicated team, compared to half of the organisations with 300-1,000 people.
The pattern is reversed for outsourcing, with 75 percent of organisations with 300-1,000 employees making use of security outsourcers, compared to 60 per cent of firms with 1,000+ employees.
Organisations with 30 employees or fewer are least likely to have an internal security team or to outsource.
