Government Agencies May Be Better Than the Private Sector At Responding to Hacks

According to the 2015 Cisco security report, government agencies worldwide, compared to banks and many other companies, are better able to cope when the inevitable data breach occurs.

About 43 percent of the public sector falls into the "highly sophisticated" security posture segment. The financial services (39 percent), transportation (35 percent), pharmaceutical (32 percent) and chemical engineering (25 percent) industries have less mature processes in place to handle intruders. The best security stances can be found within the telecommunications and energy sectors, tied at 47 percent.