A look into the emotions and anxieties of the highest levels of decision-making. [Research Saturday]

Published: Sept. 16, 2023, 5 a.m.

Guest Manuel Hepfer from ISTARI shares his research on cyber resilience which includes discussions with 37 CEOs to gain insight into how they manage cybersecurity risk. ISTARI and Oxford University's Sa\xefd Business School dive into the minds and experiences of CEOs on how they manage cybersecurity risk.\nAsk any CEO to name the issues that keep them awake at night and cybersecurity risk is likely near the top of the list \u2013 with good reason. With the accelerating digitalisation of business models comes vulnerability to cyberattack. And while spending on cybersecurity increases every year, so does the number of serious incidents. Even the largest and most technologically advanced companies are not immune.\nCEOs must formally answer to regulators, shareholders and board members for their organisation\u2019s cybersecurity. Yet the majority (72%) of CEOs we interviewed as part of our research said they were not comfortable making cybersecurity-related decisions.\nThe research and associated article can be found here:\n\nResearch: The CEO Report on Cyber Resilience\n\n\nArticle: Make Cybersecurity a Strategic Asset\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices