Businesses need better risk management to fend off cyberattacks

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Risks are growing at a time when companies rely more than ever on vendors for cybersecurity, according to a Grant Thornton report.

Published Oct. 14, 2026

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• Too many organizations have gaps in their risk management and governance programs that leave them exposed to cyberattacks and other incidents with regulatory and reputational consequences, the advisory and auditing firm Grant Thornton warned in a report published on Tuesday.
• Two-thirds of business leaders told Grant Thornton that they were trying to make enterprise risk management a top priority, but fewer than half said their organizations approached risk management consistently.
• Data quality and visibility is the biggest hindrance to organizations’ cyber resilience, Grant Thornton found, with 65% of respondents raising it as a concern. Other major challenges include technological limitations, network...

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