31% of people working in cybersecurity roles express moderate confidence in current cybersecurity upper leadership.

15% of people working in cybersecurity roles are only slightly confident in current cybersecurity upper leadership.

86% of people working in cybersecurity roles mark being transparent about decisions and actions as very important in a cybersecurity leader.

85% of people working in cybersecurity roles mark decision-making under pressure as very important in a cybersecurity leader.

82% of people working in cybersecurity roles mark building and leading high-performing teams as very important in a cybersecurity leader.

75% of people working in cybersecurity roles mark technical cybersecurity expertise as very important in a cybersecurity leader.

41% of people working in cybersecurity roles somewhat agree that previous leadership experience during a high-profile cybersecurity incident bolsters a leader's credibility.

35% of people working in cybersecurity roles strongly agree that previous leadership experience during a high-profile cybersecurity incident bolsters a leader's credibility.

18% of people working in cybersecurity roles prefer strategic and executive leadership experience over hands-on technical incident experience in a cybersecurity leader.

11% of people working in cybersecurity roles prefer hands-on technical incident experience over strategic and executive leadership experience in a cybersecurity leader.

Cybersecurity budgets among larger or IT-intensive organizations in the Nordics is approximately 2% of the IT budget.

Cybersecurity budgets among regulated, industrial, or OT-intensive environments in the Nordics is approximately 15% of the IT budget.

68% of Nordic CISOs reported an increase in cybersecurity budgets, bringing it to the 2024 level, while 14% reported no changes, and 9% reported a decrease in budget.

89% of users in Europe are interacting with AI applications that rely on user data for training.

Across organizations in Europe, GitHub and Microsoft OneDrive are the most abused platforms for malware distribution, each impacting 10% of organizations.

Across organizations in Europe, LinkedIn is the most commonly used personal app at 89%, followed by Google Drive at 84% and ChatGPT at 82%.

6% of people working in cybersecurity roles have no confidence in current cybersecurity upper leadership.

95% of people working in cybersecurity roles mark the ability to communicate risk to senior leadership and boards as very important in a cybersecurity leader.

88% of people working in cybersecurity roles mark the ability to effectively work with senior leadership and boards to secure budget as very important in a cybersecurity leader.

76% of people working in cybersecurity roles agree that previous leadership experience during a high-profile cybersecurity incident bolsters a leader's credibility (41% somewhat agree + 35% strongly agree).