Proof Point
More than half of companies assign IT security and staff to their cybercrime first responder teams
Cybercrime First Responder Team Members
2016 (percentage)

Note: | Data from PwC’s 2016 Global Economic Crime Survey of 6,337 executives across 115 countries |
Proof Point Findings
- Cybercrime First Responder Team – Organizational team trained to be first responders in detecting and deflecting cyber incident
- IT critical role – 73% of companies include IT security, while 64% include IT staff on their cybercrime first responder teams
- Higher-Level Management – Fewer companies included senior level management (46%), legal (25%), HR (14%) and digital forensic investigators (11%) on their first response teams
- Key Growth Drivers – Include increasing number and sophistication of global cyberattacks, rising organizational concern for privacy and security, and heightening regulatory requirements for increased security
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Sector |
Information Technology
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Date Last Updated |
August 30, 2017
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