Cybersecurity has overtaken cloud markedly as a concern this year. Amongst IT leaders, cloud is the top priority for 12% (46% featured in top three) but security for 39% (64% featured in the top three).
Only 7% of IT leaders think their organisations have enough resources to achieve their priorities. This figure rises to 11% for digital professionals.
Two-thirds of both groups feel that their organisation needs enhanced IT capability and skills in the existing workforce in order to achieve their priorities.
When it came to plans for filling the capability gaps, the top answer was upskilling / on-the-job training – cited by 79% of IT leaders.
Cybersecurity and cyber attacks are the most likely subjects to keep respondents awake at night when considering upcoming changes and trends in the IT industry.
