{"id":4760,"date":"2025-02-11T23:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T23:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/most-security-leaders-struggle-to-balance-data-security-and-business-goals\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T23:24:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T23:24:00","slug":"most-security-leaders-struggle-to-balance-data-security-and-business-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/most-security-leaders-struggle-to-balance-data-security-and-business-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Security Leaders Struggle to Balance Data Security and Business Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>News Brief<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Only 14% of security and risk management leaders can effectively secure organizational data assets while also enabling the data to achieve business objectives, according to a recent survey by Gartner. The survey found that 35% of respondents secure data assets and 21% use data to achieve business goals, but only one in seven (14%) could do both effectively.<\/p>\n<p>This gap exposes organizations to threats, regulatory penalties, and operational inefficiencies, Gartner said. The analyst firm outlined five recommendations for organizations to address the gap:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Addressing the Gap in Data Security and Business Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Reduce governance-related friction for the business<\/strong>: Use a well-established process to co-create data security policies and standards.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Align data-security-related governance efforts<\/strong>: Partner with other internal functions to identify overlaps.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Delineate non-negotiable security requirements<\/strong>: Establish clear boundaries for business groups handling data security risks.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Define high-level guardrails around GenAI-related decisions<\/strong>: Allow business groups to experiment within clearly set parameters.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Work jointly with data and analytics teams<\/strong>: Secure top-down buy-in on data security initiatives.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/cybersecurity-operations\/gartner-most-security-leaders-cannot-balance-data-security-business-goals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Brief Only 14% of security and risk management leaders can effectively secure organizational data assets while also enabling the data to achieve business objectives, according to a recent survey&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":1861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cybersecurity"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/01\/data-points-cybersecurity_YAY_Media_AS_via_Alamy_Stock_Photo.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}