Key Findings
Risk management ranks cyber attack or breach as the #1 current risk for global organizations.
The C-Suite ranks cyber attack or breach as the #1 current risk for global organizations.
HR ranks cyber attack or breach as the #3 current risk (after increasing competition and economic slowdown or slow recovery) for global organizations.
Finance ranks cyber attack or breach as the #2 current risk (after economic slowdown or slow recovery) for global organizations.
How cyber attack or breach ranked as current risk over the recent years: 2025 - #1, 2023 - #1, 2021 - #1, 2019 - #6, 2017 - #5, 2015 - #9.
AI ranks at #29 overall in current risks for global organizations.
Cyber attack or breach remains the top concern globally across current and future risks (no change from 2023) for global organizations.
Cyber risk incidents are reported as rising 22 percent in 2025.