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

34% of people working in cybersecurity roles are very confident in current cybersecurity upper leadership.

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

6% of people working in cybersecurity roles have no confidence in current cybersecurity upper leadership.

People working in cybersecurity roles are very or extremely confident in current cybersecurity upper leadership at 49%.

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

73% of U.S.-based cybersecurity leaders say AI oversight and governance is the most important future capability.

68% of U.S.-based cybersecurity leaders rate technical expertise as the most important future capability.

89% of U.S.-based cybersecurity leaders say their position now requires significant cross-functional collaboration and business alignment.

85% of U.S.-based cybersecurity leaders feel pressure to strengthen communication and business skills because of AI.

64% of U.S.-based cybersecurity leaders report sufficient budget for AI.

82% of U.S.-based cybersecurity leaders say people skills are more central to cybersecurity leadership than five years ago.

52% of U.S.-based cybersecurity leaders say training for human-AI collaboration is limited or insufficient.

20% of U.S.-based cybersecurity leaders work an additional 16 or more hours weekly.

94% of U.S.-based cybersecurity leaders would still choose cybersecurity as a career.

44% of U.S.-based cybersecurity leaders say their role feels emotionally exhausting more often than rewarding.

45% of U.S.-based cybersecurity leaders work 11 or more extra hours per week.