31% of people working in cybersecurity roles express moderate confidence in current cybersecurity upper leadership.

15% of people working in cybersecurity roles are only slightly confident in current cybersecurity upper leadership.

86% of people working in cybersecurity roles mark being transparent about decisions and actions as very important in a cybersecurity leader.

85% of people working in cybersecurity roles mark decision-making under pressure as very important in a cybersecurity leader.

82% of people working in cybersecurity roles mark building and leading high-performing teams as very important in a cybersecurity leader.

75% of people working in cybersecurity roles mark technical cybersecurity expertise as very important in a cybersecurity leader.

41% of people working in cybersecurity roles somewhat agree that previous leadership experience during a high-profile cybersecurity incident bolsters a leader's credibility.

35% of people working in cybersecurity roles strongly agree that previous leadership experience during a high-profile cybersecurity incident bolsters a leader's credibility.

18% of people working in cybersecurity roles prefer strategic and executive leadership experience over hands-on technical incident experience in a cybersecurity leader.

11% of people working in cybersecurity roles prefer hands-on technical incident experience over strategic and executive leadership experience in a cybersecurity leader.