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23% of study respondents completed a technology rationalization effort in the last two years.

5/28/2025
Tools

73% of the study's cohort of "Secure Creators" (organizations with more advanced cybersecurity functions than their peers) believe their ability to add value will grow in the future.

5/28/2025
Cybersecurity benefitsCybersecurity value

37% of organizations are utilizing over 50 cybersecurity tools.

5/28/2025
Tools

"Secure Creators" (organizations with more advanced cybersecurity functions than their peers) were more involved in efforts to improve customer experience than their peers (53% vs. 42%).

5/28/2025
Cybersecurity benefitsCybersecurity valueCustomer experience

"Secure Creators" (organizations with more advanced cybersecurity functions than their peers) were more likely to have positively impacted how external stakeholders perceive their brand (72% vs. 56% of Prone Enterprises).

5/28/2025
Cybersecurity benefitsCybersecurity valueBrand reputation

"Secure Creators" (organizations with more advanced cybersecurity functions than their peers) require smaller budgets — 10% smaller on average — and are less likely to cite budgets as a key challenge.

5/28/2025
Cybersecurity benefitsCybersecurity valueBudget

41% of respondents are in the process of simplifying their tech platform.

5/28/2025
Tools

For each initiative that involves cybersecurity, the median value creation figure is US$36m. This figure varies significantly by organization size, ranging from a median of US$11m per project for organizations with US$1b-US$4.9b in revenue, up to US$154m for companies with US$20b or more in annual revenue6.

5/28/2025
Cybersecurity benefitsCybersecurity value

74% of respondents reported they invested savings from optimization, automation, and outsourcing to address control weakness.

5/28/2025
Automation

46% of respondents used savings from optimization, automation, and outsourcing to increase coverage of the attack surface.

5/28/2025
Attack surface

Organizations use a median of 35 different cyber tools.

5/28/2025
Tools

18% of respondents have simplified their tech platform.

5/28/2025
Tools

Two-thirds (68%) of respondents used the cost savings generated from optimization on innovation and other AI initiatives.

5/28/2025
AI

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

4/15/2025
Security incidentC-Suite

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.

4/15/2025
Cybersecurity threatC-SuiteCISO

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%).

4/15/2025
Security incidentAIC-Suite

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.

4/15/2025
Security incidentTrainingC-Suite

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%).

4/15/2025
Cybersecurity threatC-SuiteCISO

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.

4/15/2025
Security incidentC-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

4/15/2025
CybersecurityBudgetC-Suite

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