Report by EY

Bridging the C-suite Disconnect

9 FINDINGSPublished Apr 15, 2025
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Key Findings

57% of CISOs are more likely than the rest of the C-suite (47%) to say their organisation has experienced a cybersecurity incident due to cybercriminals in the past three years.

EYBridging the C-suite Disconnect ·Apr 15, 2025
Security incidentC-SuiteCISO

84% of C-suite leaders report that their organisation experienced a cybersecurity incident in the past three years.

EYBridging the C-suite Disconnect ·Apr 15, 2025
Security incidentC-Suite

75% of CISOs say their organisation experienced a decrease in cybersecurity incidents following increased investment in AI, compared to the rest of the C-suite (68%).

EYBridging the C-suite Disconnect ·Apr 15, 2025
Security incidentAIC-SuiteCISO

21% of C-suite leaders say their organisation currently invests more than 10% of their IT budget in cybersecurity. This number is expected to roughly double to 38% next year

EYBridging the C-suite Disconnect ·Apr 15, 2025
CybersecurityBudgetC-SuiteCISO

Two-thirds (66%) of CISOs say they are worried that the cybersecurity threats their organisation is facing are more advanced than their defences, which is significantly more than their C-suite counterparts (56%).

EYBridging the C-suite Disconnect ·Apr 15, 2025
Cybersecurity threatC-SuiteCISO

47% of CISOs say their organisation has experienced a cybersecurity incident due to inside threats in the past three years, compared to the rest of the C-suite (31%).

EYBridging the C-suite Disconnect ·Apr 15, 2025
Security incidentInsider threatsC-SuiteCISO

Russell 3000 companies experiencing a cyber incident typically see their stock price decrease by 1.5% over the following 90 days.

EYBridging the C-suite Disconnect ·Apr 15, 2025
Security incidentStock price

68% of CISOs are more likely than the rest of the C-suite (57%) to express concern about senior leaders at their organisation underestimating the dangers of cybersecurity threats.

EYBridging the C-suite Disconnect ·Apr 15, 2025
Cybersecurity threatC-SuiteCISO

The rest of the C-suite (77%) is more likely than CISOs (69%) to attribute success in decreased cybersecurity incidents to increased investments in employee cybersecurity training.

EYBridging the C-suite Disconnect ·Apr 15, 2025
Security incidentTrainingC-SuiteCISO