52% of healthcare executives stated that training and upskilling personnel is an effective tool to combat cyber challenges.

33% of respondents at middle market organisations indicated they have five or fewer data security and privacy employees.

On average, Canadian respondents at middle market organisations have larger cybersecurity teams, with 39% saying they have 16 or more employees, compared to 11% in the U.S..

While most respondents from smaller middle market companies cited having 0-5 internal personnel focused on data security and privacy, 36% of larger middle market organisations reported having 6-10 employees and another 36% said they have 11-15 employees in this area.

Lack of skilled personnel is the biggest obstacle to the effective use of AI in cybersecurity today, cited by 55% of respondents

69.7% of CISOs said cost is most important when selecting tools/vendors to provide governance and continuous controls monitoring.

Almost half of the CISOs who rated their compliance programs a 1 or 2 attributed their difficulties to a lack of personnel or resources.