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69% say disconnected and dispersed tools creates moderate to significant challenges.

5/20/2025
Security tools

55% of respondents report having to address too many false positives.

5/20/2025
AlertsFalse positives

For boards with a CISO member, 60% report excellent or very good working relationships when communicating progress against milestones, security goal achievement and plan of record, compared to 16% for boards without a CISO member.

1/1/2025
BoardProgressCISO

More board members than CISOs want CISOs to develop certain skills: Business acumen: 55% of board members vs 40% of CISOs, emotional intelligence: 45% of board members vs 35% of CISOs, Communication: 52% of board members vs 47% of CISOs.

1/1/2025
BoardCISO

50% of boards with a CISO member report excellent or very good relationships when budgeting adequately to meet goals, compared to 24% for boards without a CISO member.

1/1/2025
BoardBudgetCISO

60% of board members acknowledge that board members with cybersecurity backgrounds more heavily influence security decisions.

1/1/2025
BoardDecision-making

Board members with a CISO background report stronger relationships with security teams and feel more confident about the organisation’s security posture.

1/1/2025
BoardCISO

37% of board members with a CISO background express concern that they are not doing enough to protect the organisation, compared to a survey average of 62%.

1/1/2025
BoardCISO

29% of CISOs say they receive adequate budget to accomplish their goals, compared to 41% of board members who think the function has enough funds.

1/1/2025
BoardCISOBudget

36% of CISOs consider contributing to revenue growth initiatives a priority compared to 24% of board members.

1/1/2025
BoardCISORevenue

When asked what skills CISOs should develop, the biggest gaps in importance include business acumen (55% for boards versus 40% for CISOs), emotional intelligence (45% for boards versus 35% for CISOs) and communication (52% for boards versus 47% for CISOs).

1/1/2025
BoardCISO

94% of CISOs report being victims of a disruptive cyberattack, with 55% experiencing them at least a couple of times, and another 27% experiencing them many times.

1/1/2025
CISOCyber attackMultiple attacks

Strategic CISOs earn 57% more than Functional CISOs and twice as much as Tactical CISOs.

1/1/2025
CISO

CISOs with healthy board relationships report stronger partnerships with IT operations (82% versus 69% of other CISOs) and engineering (74% versus 63% of other CISOs).

1/1/2025
BoardCISO

CISOs with good board relationships are more likely to be given the ability to pursue use cases for generative AI, such as creating threat detection rules (43% versus 31% of other CISOs), analyzing data sources (45% versus 28% of other CISOs), incident response and forensic investigations (42% versus 29% of other CISOs), and proactive threat hunting (46% versus 28% of other CISOs).

1/1/2025
BoardCISOGen AI

51% of CISOs see upskilling or reskilling security employees as a priority, versus 27% of boards.

1/1/2025
BoardCISOUpskilling

46% of CISOs said attaining security milestones was indicative of their success, compared to only 19% of board respondents.

1/1/2025
BoardCISO

59% of CISOs said they would become a whistleblower if their organisation was ignoring compliance requirements.

1/1/2025
CISOComplianceWhistleblower

18% of CISOs revealed they were unable to support a business initiative because of budget cuts in the last 12 months.

1/1/2025
CISOBudget

79% of CISOs say KPIs for their security teams have changed substantially over recent years.

1/1/2025
CISOKPIs

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