If the company you work for is hit by a cyber attack, chances are it’s not ready to respond, according to a new survey from IBM.

Only 32 percent of companies participating in the study said they have what IBM calls a “high level of Cyber Resilience,” including an incident response plan.

Even where companies are prepared, 41 percent say the time to resolve a cyber incidence takes longer now than a year ago.

IBM-owned Resilient and the Ponemon Institute conducted the study.

Key takeaways include:

Companies are experiencing frequent and successful cyberattacks

  • More than half (53 percent) say they suffered at least one data breach in the past two years
  • 74 percent say they faced threats due to human error in the past year
  • When examining the past two years, 74 percent say they have been compromised by malware on a frequent basis, and 64 percent have been compromised by phishing on a frequent basis

Organizations can’t maintain operations effectively or recover quickly post-attack

  • 68 percent don’t believe their organizations have the ability to remain resilient in the wake of a cyberattack
  • 66 percent aren’t confident in their organization’s ability to effectively recover from an attack

A lack of planning and preparation is the biggest barrier

  • Only 25 percent have an incident response plan applied consistently across the organization. Twenty-three percent have no incident response plan at all
  • Only 14 percent test their incident response plans more than one time per year
  • 66 percent cite a lack of planning as their organization’s biggest barrier to becoming resilient to cyberattacks

Ability to respond to a cyberattack has not improved significantly

  • 48 percent say their organization’s Cyber Resilience has either declined (4 percent) or not improved (44 percent) over the past 12 months
  • 41 percent say the time to resolve a cyber incident has increased or increased significantly, while only 31 percent say it has decreased or decreased significantly

Read more about the study at:

http://info.resilientsystems.com/ponemon-institute-study-the-2016-cyber-resilient-organization?cm_mc_uid=58383879896014738509590&cm_mc_sid_50200000=1479322118