AlertMedia has released ‘The Security Maturity Benchmark Report’, a new research study examining the operational, organizational, and technology factors that determine whether security programmes can effectively withstand today’s evolving threat landscape.
The report features responses from more than 500 senior security decision-makers and highlights how organizations are managing increasing risk complexity, constrained resources, and rising expectations around business resilience.
The findings reveal a growing divide between organizations operating reactively and those with mature, proactive security programmes built to detect threats earlier, coordinate faster responses, and minimise operational disruption.
The report identifies five foundational dimensions that shape security programme maturity: leadership oversight, staffing structure, incident response processes, technology integration, and performance measurement.
According to the research, organizations with mature security programmes are nearly twice as likely to spend their time proactively preparing for threats instead of reacting to incidents already underway.
The findings also reveal significant operational challenges facing security teams:
- 92% have experienced consequences tied to security readiness gaps.
- 95% identified at least one emerging risk they believe is under-discussed internally.
- 59% report their security teams are currently understaffed.
- Only 31% of organizations operate a centralised, highly automated security ecosystem.
- 47% say their organization would not respond to a serious security incident as quickly as it should.
