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84% of CISOs expressed concern over whether their cyber defenses could withstand an attack from a sophisticated threat actor

April 23, 2025

84% of CISOs expressed concern over whether their cyber defenses could withstand an attack from a sophisticated threat actor — This cybersecurity statistic was published by Cymulate in April 2025. It covers topics including Security controls. The original data appears in Threat Exposure Validation Impact Report 2025. For the full methodology and detailed findings, refer to the original report.

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Published on 4/23/2025

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84% of CISOs expressed concern over whether their cyber defenses could withstand an attack from a sophisticated threat actor This data was published by Cymulate and covers Security controls.

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This statistic comes from Threat Exposure Validation Impact Report 2025, published by Cymulate on April 23, 2025. You can view the original report at https://cymulate.com/threat-exposure-validation-impact-report/.

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This statistic relates to Security controls. Browse more statistics on Security controls or from Cymulate.

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