75% of CISOs fear executives don’t understand cybersecurity risks employees face

Over three quarters of cybersecurity leaders believe that the board level decision makers above them do not understand the cybersecurity risks associated with how their employees act in the workplace.

That is according to a report by MetaCompliance, published on July 9 and based on responses from over 200 CISOs across Europe. Of those surveyed, 78% said that C-level executives do not fully understand cybersecurity risks, at a time when employees are bombarded with phishing attacks and are forced to contend with security challenges around the rise of AI.

This lack of understanding, and sometimes interest, from the board has created headaches for cybersecurity leaders, who are faced with bolstering resilience against cyber threats despite a lack of consistent senior-level backing.

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