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2025 CISO Pressure Index,

11/5/2025

Recent Statistics & Reports

87% of CISOs say pressure in their role has increased over the past year.

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58% of CISOs say incidents occurred even though their security tools were in place.

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Two-thirds of CISOs report feeling burned out weekly or daily.

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Boards most often ask CISOs for the following metrics: risk-reduction trendlines (51%), quantified business impact (47%), and incident-response performance metrics (40%).

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73% of U.S. CISOs reported facing a significant cyber incident in the past six months.

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Nearly 20% of recent incidents reported by CISOs were already AI-related.

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56% of CISOs say their security tools don’t integrate fully.

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90% of CISOs say their role may be at risk to some degree if a breach were to occur.

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13% of CISOs oversee 50 or more security tools.

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57% of CISOs report that half or fewer of their security tools deliver measurable Return on Investment (ROI).

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82% of CISOs feel confident quantifying risk.

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54% of CISOs lack standardized, business-relevant metrics.

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40% of CISOs considered leaving their role altogether.

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44% of CISOs rank board or executive expectations as their number-one stressor.

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33% of CISOs rank external threats as their number-one stressor.

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17% of CISOs say they always feel personally blamed for security incidents, regardless of the root cause.

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39% of CISOs say they often feel blamed, even when incidents fall outside their direct control.

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82% of CISOs say they are under pressure from executives or boards to reduce staff using AI.

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59% of CISOs cite agentic AI as their leading near-term threat.

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65% of CISOs manage 20 or more security tools.

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