--- title: The midmarket security gap | daily.dev description: A survey of 500+ senior security decision-makers at midmarket companies (400–6,000 employees) reveals a significant gap between perceived and actual security... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-midmarket-security-gap-ealw1psxo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The midmarket security gap | daily.dev og:description: A survey of 500+ senior security decision-makers at midmarket companies (400–6,000 employees) reveals a significant gap between perceived and actual security... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-midmarket-security-gap-ealw1psxo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/eALw1psXO.png og:image:alt: The midmarket security gap og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The midmarket security gap **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A survey of 500+ senior security decision-makers at midmarket companies (400–6,000 employees) reveals a significant gap between perceived and actual security posture. Key findings: 94% express confidence in identifying critical risks, yet 51% would need about a week to assess exposure to a zero-day—well beyond the 24–48 hour exploitation window. Confidence drops sharply the closer respondents are to hands-on work. Security stacks are fragmented, with 44% having outgrown or cobbled together point solutions, leading to alert fatigue and poor visibility. Only 9% of midmarket organizations discuss cyber risk at board level, with UK companies more than twice as likely as US peers to do so, likely due to regulatory pressure from NIS2 and FCA requirements. The report argues midmarket companies are underserved by both enterprise and SMB security tools. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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