Boards confident on cyber oversight, but tech changes outpace readiness

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Nearly half of corporate directors think board members need cybersecurity expertise, a BDO survey found.

Published Oct. 21, 2026

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Dive Brief:

• Corporate boards of directors report mixed levels of readiness to oversee their companies’ cybersecurity defenses, suggesting trouble ahead as AI continues to upend the threat landscape.
• Most directors are confident they’re adequately overseeing firms’ AI adoption and cyber programs, but worries remain about necessary board-level expertise, the advisory firm BDO said in its 2026 board survey released Monday.
• BDO urged directors and executives to focus on what they can control amid a changing technological environment that has challenged leaders at all levels.

Dive Insight:

In the June survey of more than 200 directors at U.S. companies in a wide range of industries, board leaders expressed high confidence in the systems they had put in place to keep companies on the right track with AI...

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