68% say media reports of high-profile breaches have elevated cybersecurity on the C-suite agenda

57% of CISOs are more likely than the rest of the C-suite (47%) to say their organisation has experienced a cybersecurity incident due to cybercriminals in the past three years.

75% of CISOs say their organisation experienced a decrease in cybersecurity incidents following increased investment in AI, compared to the rest of the C-suite (68%).

21% of C-suite leaders say their organisation currently invests more than 10% of their IT budget in cybersecurity. This number is expected to roughly double to 38% next year

Two-thirds (66%) of CISOs say they are worried that the cybersecurity threats their organisation is facing are more advanced than their defences, which is significantly more than their C-suite counterparts (56%).

84% of C-suite leaders report that their organisation experienced a cybersecurity incident in the past three years.

47% of CISOs say their organisation has experienced a cybersecurity incident due to inside threats in the past three years, compared to the rest of the C-suite (31%).

68% of CISOs are more likely than the rest of the C-suite (57%) to express concern about senior leaders at their organisation underestimating the dangers of cybersecurity threats.

The rest of the C-suite (77%) is more likely than CISOs (69%) to attribute success in decreased cybersecurity incidents to increased investments in employee cybersecurity training.