According to the source, respondents represent organizations of 200 employees or more across different industries in 14 countries: U.S., Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Japan and Singapore. The survey involves 100 respondents from each country.
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Global firms where data protection has become a challenge 2022, by company size
A 2022 survey of Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) from various industries worldwide found that data protection has become an increased challenge in smaller companies. According to the study, companies with 5,001 employees and more handled data protection better than those with 200 to 500 employees. Therefore, 47 percent of the CISOs of larger companies saw data protection as an increased challenge, as opposed to 55 percent of respondents representing smaller enterprises.
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