60% of manufacturers and 52.5% of software and IT services companies see the biggest barrier to adopting Compliance as Code is that no one is using the technology.

86% of respondents said privacy training and awareness programs had a positive impact on overall employee privacy awareness.

15% of CISOs ranked compliance status as a top performance metric, compared to 45% of boards.

33.5% of CISOs are challenged by audit readiness in satisfying regulatory requirements.

75% of retail and consumer goods and 62.5% of entertainment and media corporations are coping with the lack of a centralized system, but retailers are also challenged by silos within their data (75%).

88% of UK senior security professionals believe that DORA will be beneficial.

82% of businesses report increased compliance risks due to a lack of control caused by a more complex landscape.

Almost all (94.2% of CISOs) believe that continuous controls monitoring will improve both compliance and security.

54.2% of respondents to the CISO Society survey feel that they have the talent to meet future regulatory requirements.

Research shows over 210 million compromised passwords.

78% of UK senior security decision makers reallocated budget from other business areas to meet DORA compliance requirements.

48% of UK senior security decision makers reallocated staff members from other projects.

66% of UK CISOs and senior security decision-makers believe that DORA will significantly increase cybersecurity costs in the long term.

Only 5% of CISOs consider their organisation's compliance program to be optimised for efficiency and continuous improvement.

30.3% of CISOs are challenged by control mapping in satisfying regulatory requirements.

Nearly 22% of CISOs said they haven’t looked at GRC tools yet.

Nearly one-third (33.2% of organisations) have incorporated automation without GenAI tools.

Approximately four out of five (79.8% of CISOs) believe that a reduction in manual processing is the biggest opportunity to add automation to their compliance and risk management program.

Just 16.3% of CISOs said they experienced cost savings when using technology to enhance their compliance program.

A staggering 80% of CISOs admit to unnecessary duplication in their compliance efforts.