C-Suites Step Up On OT Cybersecurity, And It's Paying Off
HelpNet Security, Thursday, July 10th, 2025
There has been a significant increase in the global trend of corporations planning to integrate cybersecurity under the CISO or other executives, according to Fortinet.
As accountability continues to shift into executive leadership, OT security is elevated to a high-profile issue at the board level. 52% of organizations report that the CISO is responsible for OT, up from 16% in 2022.
For all C-suite roles, this has spiked to 95%. Additionally, the number of organizations intending to move OT cybersecurity under CISO in the next 12 months has increased from 60% to 80% in 2025.
'The seventh edition of the Fortinet State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity Report shows that organizations are taking OT security more seriously. We see this trend reflected in a notable increase in the assignment of responsibility for OT risk to the C-suite, alongside an uptick in organizations self-reporting increased rates of OT security maturity,' said Nirav Shah, SVP, Products and Solutions, at Fortinet.