Grading Global Boards of Directors on Cybersecurity

Outside of the US and UK, cybersecurity knowledge and awareness are reported as very low, which does not bode well for these countries, given the rise of cybercrime and cyber terrorism on a global scale. Among the executives and directors in non-US/UK countries, “98 percent of … business leaders are not confident their organization can monitor all devices and users at all times, which means information is traveling through unknown places,” and some “91 percent of board members [of these] respondent companies are unable to interpret a cybersecurity report.” In total, the cost of cyber-crime is staggering