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IDC PeerScape: Practices for Planning and Optimizing Cybersecurity Team Structure

Publisher IDC
Published Aug 12, 2024
Length 8 Pages
SKU # IDC19091516

Description

IDC PeerScape: Practices for Planning and Optimizing Cybersecurity Team Structure


This IDC PeerScape offers guidance on how to approach cybersecurity team structure. Drawing on perspectives from enterprise cybersecurity across diverse sectors, it identifies best practices for managing team structure. It also provides guidance on why team structure is important, different approaches to structuring teams, and how to determine when a current team structure is not ideal for a business' needs."There's no one-size-fits-all approach to organizing security teams," says Chris Tozzi, adjunct research advisor for IDC's IT Executive Programs (IEP). "But what every organization must do is take a deliberate, strategic approach rather than defaulting to poorly planned or ad hoc team structures."

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Table of Contents

8 Pages

IDC PeerScape Figure

Executive Summary

Peer Insights

Practice 1: Consider Creating Multiple Cybersecurity Teams

Challenge

Examples

Financial Services

Healthcare

Project Management and Construction

Guidance

Practice 2: Define and Track Measures of Each Cybersecurity Team's Impact

Challenge

Examples

Financial Services

Healthcare

Project Management and Construction

Guidance

Practice 3: Consider Team Hierarchies and Reporting Structures

Challenge

Examples

Financial Services

Healthcare

Project Management and Construction

Guidance

Practice 4: Consider Job Satisfaction

Challenge

Examples

Financial Services

Healthcare

Project Management and Construction

Guidance

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