CISOs, CIOs and Boards: Bridging the Cybersecurity Confidence Gap
Security Boulevard, Thursday, December 4th, 2025
CISOs and CIOs, here's your chance to prove to your boards the value of cybersecurity.because they need your help badly. And future investments - and therefore your organization's security posture - depend on it.
Almost all non-executive directors (NEDs) - 90%! - don't have real confidence in the value of cybersecurity, according to new research, according to a new survey from Gartner. The numbers confirm what we've long said: Boards aren't fluent enough in cybersecurity to tie it with confidence to cost and risk. 'Corporate Boards operate under the principle of 'nose in, fingers out' (NACD), meaning they're looking into the business without running it,' says Trey Ford, chief strategy and trust officer at Bugcrowd.