In a survey from the Columbia, Md.-based Tenable Network Security, the financial services industry tied for the top cybersecurity assurance score, however all industries surveyed said they struggle to assess cyber-risks associated with mobile devices.

Overall, information security practitioners gave global cybersecurity readiness an underwhelming "C" average and an overall score of 76%. Survey respondents also identified the cloud, mobile devices and board member involvement as common security weak points.

Tenable's "Global Cybersecurity Assurance Report Card," which assigned grades to organizations globally, by country and by industry, surveyed more than 500 IT security professionals worldwide to discover how well organizations assess and mitigate cyberthreats.

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Roy Urrico

Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).