Top-level executives have never been more concerned about cybersecurity issues than they are now, new research shows. At the same time, their organizations have never been as ill-prepared for the wide variety of threats as they are today.
Data from “Bridging the cyber resilience gaps: The C-suite playbook,” recently published by PwC based on a 2025 Global Digital Trust Insights survey of more than 4,000 business and tech executives in 77 countries, found that cloud-related issues are the most pressing issue among the majority of respondents.
In fact, nearly half (42%) of executives cited cloud-related threats as their top concern. Ironically, cloud-related cyber threats are also the threats these companies are least prepared for, as confirmed by 34% of respondents.
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Cloud-related issues are closely followed by hack-and-leak operations, cited by 38% of respondents. A quarter (25%) cite these threats as the ones they are least prepared for. Finally, rounding out the top three are third-party breaches, which 35% of respondents cited as their top concern. For more than a quarter (28%), this is also the problem they are least prepared to tackle.
Of all the C-suites, one position stands out with a slightly different view: the Chief Information Security Officer.
For nearly half of CISOs (42%), ransomware is firmly in the top three most worrying cyber attacks, as well as the top three most unprepared for cyber attacks. Overall, ransomware was only the fifth most concerning issue (27% and 25% respectively).
“As the cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve, organizations are grappling with increasingly volatile and unpredictable threats,” PwC said in the report. “A pandering attack surface – fueled by growing dependence on cloud, AI, connected devices and third parties – requires an agile, enterprise-wide approach to resilience. Aligning organizational priorities and preparedness is essential to maintaining safety and business continuity.”
Via The registry
