Report by Portnox
CISO cybersecurity trends survey
Key Findings
78% of U.S. CISOs expect AI to create a moderate or significant amount of new IT or security work for their teams due to AI-related security risks and vulnerabilities.
78% of CISOs lack a formal strategy for handling AI identities in a zero trust security architecture in 2025.
The percentage of U.S. Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) who are very or extremely concerned about losing their job after a major breach decreased from 77% in 2024 to 55% in 2025.
The percentage of companies constantly re-evaluating tools to improve cyber insurance premiums dropped from 68% in 2024 to 40% in 2025.
CISO confusion about cyber insurance policy coverage for supply-chain attacks decreased from 58% in 2024 to 43% in 2025.
Overall concern among U.S. CISOs about a breach fell from 86% in 2024 to 62% in 2025.