Inside the Mind of a CISO 2024

We surveyed 209 security leaders globally to understand their biggest priorities and challenges.

Provides analysis on CISOs’ top priorities and challenges, how security leaders are approaching AI as a tool, a target, and a threat, and the expanding similarities between CISOs and the hacking community.

• How CISO roles and responsibilities are changing over time
• AI as a tool, a target, and a threat
• How an offensive security background has impacted his security strategy

Some key takeaways include:

• 70% of security leaders plan to reduce security team headcount in the next 5 years due to the adoption of AI technologies
• 70% of security leaders use crowdsourced security testing for AI defense
• 76% of security leaders believe the AI threat landscape is evolving too rapidly to adequately secure
• 31% of security leaders prioritize building a “security brand” for competitive advantage over other factors