Security News > 2020 > May > CEOs and CISOs disagree on cyber strategies

There are growing disparities in how CEOs and CISOs view the most effective cybersecurity path forward, according to Forcepoint.

The global survey of 200 CEOs and CISOs from across industries including healthcare, finance and retail, among others, uncovered prominent cybersecurity stressors and areas of disconnect for business and security leaders, including the lack of an ongoing cybersecurity strategy for less than half of all CEO respondents.

Cybersecurity strategies are seen by 85% of executives as a major driver for digital transformation, yet 66% recognize the increased organizational exposure to cyber threats because of digitization.

Factors influencing these results may be due in part to differing regulatory approaches to data and privacy protection as well as recent legislative decisions in the U.S. and Europe, such as GDPR and CCPA. There is also a clear divide between CEOs and CISOs in how they identify the right cybersecurity path forward for their business.

While more than half of CISOs embrace a more reactive, incident-driven approach to mitigating today's dynamic cybersecurity threat landscape.

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