In recent years, CISOs have often felt that their board of directors did not take them seriously. This key issue for cybersecurity, however, is turning around, with 82% of CISOs now reporting directly to their CEOs, versus 47% in 2023, according to a survey by Splunk.
Splunk’s report, which surveyed 500 CISOs, CSOs, and similar security officers, as well as 100 board members, found that 83% of CISOs now attend board meetings relatively often or most of the time.
Important as well to the security of the enterprise is having someone with cybersecurity background on the board itself, as 60% of respondents acknowledged. There, however, companies have a ways to go, with only 29% of CISOs saying their companies someone with cybersecurity expertise on the board.