2025 LevelBlue Futures™ Report

Nearly half (43%) of executives within cyber resilient organizations report they are increasing boardroom engagement in resilience-related discussions.

53% of cyber resilient organizations are committing significant investment to advanced threat detection.

Nearly half (42%) of executives believe AI-powered threats will happen.

Two-thirds (66%) of executives say their cybersecurity team is aligned with lines of business.

79% of cyber-resilient organizations say their adaptive approach to cybersecurity enables their company to take greater risks with innovation.

61% of cyber resilient leaders have allocated a cybersecurity budget to new initiatives from the beginning, compared to 46% overall.

37% of executives overall report increasing boardroom engagement in resilience-related discussions.

48% report needing to get better at defending against AI-powered cyber adversaries.

Just about one-third (32%) believe their organization is prepared for deepfake attacks.

44% of executives are expecting deepfake attacks.

41% of organizations say they are experiencing a significantly higher volume of attacks.

Only 29% of executives surveyed say they are reluctant to implement AI tools and technologies because of cybersecurity ramifications.

45% of executives say that cyber resilience is recognized as a whole company priority rather than simply a cybersecurity issue—an increase from 27% last year.

68% say media reports of high-profile breaches have elevated cybersecurity on the C-suite agenda

Only 29% of executives say they are prepared for AI-powered threats.

59% of executives say that it is becoming more difficult for employees to identify real threats as AI-powered technologies make attacks more sophisticated.