CISOs more confident -- and more stressed -- than ever | TechTarget
With increasing concerns about AI and other emerging threats, you might assume more chief information security officers expect their organizations to face a major cyberattack this year.
You would be wrong.
According to Proofpoint's "2026 Voice of the CISO" report, the proportion of CISOs who believe their company is at significant risk of an attack dropped to 61%, down from 76% in 2025. Reports of consequential data loss also fell from 66% to 53%.
But that doesn't mean a CISO's job is getting any easier.
Organizations are asking security leaders to support the widespread adoption of AI while keeping it secure. As Patrick Joyce, global resident CISO at Proofpoint says: "AI is fundamentally changing the CISO mandate."
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