93% of CISOs in India rank human risk as biggest vulnerability
Proofpoint today released its 2026 Voice of the CISO report, revealing signs of greater cyber resilience even as the nature of enterprise risk increases in complexity. The percentage of Indian CISOs who believe their organisation is at risk of a material cyberattack in the next 12 months remains high, increased from 90% in 2025 to 94% in 2026, although reported material data loss declined from 99% to 76%.
Yet progress has not made the CISO’s job simpler. The global study of 1,600 CISOs across 16 countries finds risk increasingly concentrated in the people, data, applications, and AI systems embedded in everyday work. Human risk is rising, with 93% of Indian CISOs identifying human risk as their organisation’s biggest cyber vulnerability, up from 67% in 2025. With that, the consequences of data loss are becoming more severe, and CISOs in India are assuming greater responsibility for enabling AI securely—with 92% expected...
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