On one level, the motivation for organizations to invest in cybersecurity tools, staff, and processes couldn’t be more obvious: the organizations want to prevent cyberattacks from succeeding. It turns out, however, that security measures may be able to drive additional business benefits beyond simply countering hackers, online criminals, and other bad actors.
The 2016 AT&T/IDC Global Cybersecurity Readiness Index study suggests that companies with the most mature and comprehensive security profiles can expect to outpace their peers in revenue and profit growth as well as several other business metrics.
