{"id":251174,"date":"2026-05-21T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/the-readiness-paradox-why-a-false-sense-of-cyber-confidence-is-becoming-a-liability\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T06:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:20:09","slug":"the-readiness-paradox-why-a-false-sense-of-cyber-confidence-is-becoming-a-liability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/the-readiness-paradox-why-a-false-sense-of-cyber-confidence-is-becoming-a-liability\/","title":{"rendered":"The readiness paradox: Why a false sense of cyber confidence is becoming a liability"},"content":{"rendered":"

The readiness paradox: Why a false sense of cyber confidence is becoming a liability<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cybersecurity-readiness-paradox-resilience-op-ed\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-21 06:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: cyberscoop.com<\/a><\/p>\n

There\u2019s this old proverb that\u2019s stuck with me over the years: \u201cDig the well before you are thirsty.\u201d<\/p>\n

It really means you should prepare for the crisis before it arrives. In cybersecurity, it\u2019s a mentality that\u2019s long underpinned investment, strategy and board-level conversations. And by many measures, organizations appear to have already \u2018dug\u2019 that well. They feel ready.<\/p>\n

New research even emphasizes how nearly eight in ten organizations (79%) are confident they\u2019re prepared to handle a cyberwarfare attack, while a further 76% believe they\u2019re ready to mitigate an AI-driven threat if it came their way.<\/p>\n

Yet, reality tells a more complicated story. Confidence alone doesn\u2019t translate into readiness. With the constant advancement of AI alongside ongoing geopolitical escalations, many enterprises are finding that traditional preparedness markers simply don\u2019t translate into real resilience.<\/p>\n

What we have is a readiness paradox forming within the industry. Organizations are realizing that the \u2018well\u2019 they believed was already dug isn\u2019t quite as deep as they thought. So, where are they going wrong?<\/p>\n

The real cost of mistaking preparedness for resilience<\/h4>\n

The root cause can be traced back to generative AI\u2019s rapid rise and adoption. It\u2019s a tool that dominates boardroom discussions, and, while defenders are racing to adopt it, attackers have already weaponized it at scale. The challenge is that ambition on the defensive side is still outpacing operational reality.<\/p>\n

More than half of organizations (54%) that participated in our research recently admitted they lack the budget and resources required to fully invest in AI-powered security solutions. A further 55% say they don\u2019t yet have the expertise needed to implement and manage those technologies effectively. In other words, most teams are still building the capabilities required to support the very tools they\u2019re being encouraged to adopt.<\/p>\n

At the same time,…<\/p>\n

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