Governance Surveys
2025 Public Company Board Practices Oversight Survey
Data Pack: Cybersecurity
How important is it that your board improves in the following areas related to cyber-risk oversight?
|
Areas Related to Cyber-Risk Oversight |
Not at all important |
Slightly important |
Moderately important |
Very important |
Extremely important |
n |
|
Alignment of compensation incentives with corporate cybersecurity objectives |
30.57% |
21.02% |
28.66% |
15.29% |
4.46% |
157 |
|
Quality of board-CISO relationship |
15.58% |
18.83% |
28.57% |
29.22% |
7.79% |
154 |
|
Board cybersecurity expertise |
8.70% |
24.22% |
33.54% |
28.57% |
4.97% |
161 |
|
Linking cybersecurity to strategic priorities |
12.18% |
21.79% |
29.49% |
27.56% |
8.97% |
156 |
|
Quality of cybersecurity education plans and access to outside expertise |
12.58% |
20.75% |
28.30% |
30.19% |
8.18% |
159 |
|
Committee oversight responsibility |
11.39% |
19.62% |
29.11% |
30.38% |
9.49% |
158 |
|
Quality of management reporting |
9.49% |
18.99% |
28.48% |
34.18% |
8.86% |
158 |
|
Acquiring metrics to accurately measure and assess cybersecurity |
10.76% |
16.46% |
26.58% |
33.54% |
12.66% |
158 |
This table comes from the Cybersecurity section of the 2025 NACD Public Company Board Practices and Oversight Survey.
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