Why Traditional Metrics Are Giving CISOs A False Sense Of Security
techradar.pro, Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Traditional security metrics mislead CISOs, masking real cyber risk exposure
The rising threat of cyberattacks has cranked up the pressure for CISOs right at the heart of business resilience. But their job has become all the more difficult.
Our research found that 50% of organizations now carry critical security debt, meaning they have software vulnerabilities that have been left unresolved for longer than a year.
That's an open invitation for cyber criminals and requires a comprehensive, long-term application risk management strategy to fix it. Yet most organizations still equate more scans with better security.