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The CEO Report on Cyber Resilience
We spoke with 37 CEOs to gain insight into how they manage cybersecurity risk.
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"It quickly dawned on us how ill-prepared we were and how little we actually knew about the real risks of being hit by something like that. We did not understand how severe the risk could be. We couldn’t even imagine it."
CEO of a $5 billion European company
Report at a glance
In a first-of-its-kind research study
ISTARI and Oxford University's Saïd Business School dive into the minds and experiences of CEOs on how they manage cybersecurity risk.
- What do CEOs really think about cybersecurity?
- What challenges do they face?
- What are the mistakes, successes and lessons of those CEOs who endured a serious cyberattack?
Our study offers an unparalleled look into the emotions and anxieties of the highest levels of decision-making.
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Key information
37
Number of CEOs we spoke with
28
CEOs without experience of a serious cyberattack
9
CEOs who had endured a serious cyberattack
1.3m
Number of CEOs we spoke with
$12bn
Average revenue of the companies interviewed
325
Years of combined experience as CEO
1+
Hour conversations
9
CEOs from USA
15
CEOs from Europe
13
CEOs from APAC
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"Whenever I speak to a group of CEOs to share my learnings from the cyber attack, I start by saying ‘put down your phones for 15 minutes, you’ll want to listen carefully to what I have to tell you."
CEO of a $5 billion European company
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