Sleepless In Security: What's Actually Keeping CISOs Up At Night
Security Boulevard, Thursday, December 4th, 2025
When it comes to threats, today's chief information security officers (CISOs) have their hands full. Between ransomware explosions, increasingly intricate AI-powered phishing scams, and a growing wave of insider risks, CISOs are fighting battles on every front.
Yet, for all the noise in the threat landscape, the problems actually keeping security leaders up at night fall into two categories: Fundamental and existential.
Fundamental risks are well-known, longstanding challenges that, despite the availability of increasingly advanced security solutions, continue to plague security teams across nearly every industry.