Cyber Resilience in the Boardroom: 3 Messages CISOs Must Deliver by Gartner®
Cyber Resilience in the Boardroom: 3 Messages CISOs Must Deliver by Gartner®
Evolving cyber resilience in an AI-driven threat environment
Traditional cybersecurity models were designed to prevent attacks, but they are increasingly challenged by the scale, speed, and sophistication of AI-driven cyber threats. Many organizations are reassessing how cyber resilience fits into broader risk management and CISO strategy.
A resilience-first approach shifts the focus from solely blocking attacks to strengthening an organization’s ability to anticipate, respond to, and recover from disruption. This perspective supports business continuity in the face of inevitable breaches and helps security leaders articulate cybersecurity business value in terms that resonate with executive and board stakeholders.
This Gartner® report explores how CISOs can frame cyber resilience in board-level discussions, communicate its role in enterprise risk management, and consider practices such as continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) as part of a broader resilience strategy to address evolving enterprise risk.
Key takeaways from the cyber resilience in the boardroom report:
This report provides essential guidance to help CISOs adapt their strategies in an increasingly volatile, AI-driven threat environment. You will receive insights and recommendations such as:
- How cyber resilience can enable business innovation by providing a secure foundation for adopting technologies like GenAI with greater confidence.
- How to prioritize cyber investment by strategically balancing resources between prevention and recovery to address real risk more effectively.
- Why AI-driven cyber threats require a resilience-first approach to withstand attacks that traditional prevention tools may not stop.
- How shifting focus toward rapid response and recovery helps minimize harm when breaches inevitably occur.
- How a proactive cyber resilience strategy can reduce constant firefighting and help alleviate pressure on security teams.
Discover the 3 messages CISOs must deliver to the board
Cyber resilience is increasingly viewed as an ongoing discipline rather than a one-time initiative — essential to sustaining growth, innovation, and trust.
In our view, this Gartner® analysis provides context and guidance to help CISOs communicate risk, investment priorities, and resilience concepts to executive stakeholders.
Download the report to explore Gartner perspective in more detail and understand the critical actions you must take to strengthen cyber resilience at the executive level and gain actionable insights to secure your organization's future.
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Cyber Resilience in the Boardroom: 3 Messages CISOs Must Deliver by Gartner®
Gartner® analysis on cyber resilience, CISO strategy, and AI-driven cyber threats, with guidance to help security leaders communicate cybersecurity business value at the board level.
Evolving cyber resilience in an AI-driven threat environment
Traditional cybersecurity models were designed to prevent attacks, but they are increasingly challenged by the scale, speed, and sophistication of AI-driven cyber threats. Many organizations are reassessing how cyber resilience fits into broader risk management and CISO strategy.
A resilience-first approach shifts the focus from solely blocking attacks to strengthening an organization’s ability to anticipate, respond to, and recover from disruption. This perspective supports business continuity in the face of inevitable breaches and helps security leaders articulate cybersecurity business value in terms that resonate with executive and board stakeholders.
This Gartner® report explores how CISOs can frame cyber resilience in board-level discussions, communicate its role in enterprise risk management, and consider practices such as continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) as part of a broader resilience strategy to address evolving enterprise risk.
Key takeaways from the cyber resilience in the boardroom report:
This report provides essential guidance to help CISOs adapt their strategies in an increasingly volatile, AI-driven threat environment. You will receive insights and recommendations such as:
- How cyber resilience can enable business innovation by providing a secure foundation for adopting technologies like GenAI with greater confidence.
- How to prioritize cyber investment by strategically balancing resources between prevention and recovery to address real risk more effectively.
- Why AI-driven cyber threats require a resilience-first approach to withstand attacks that traditional prevention tools may not stop.
- How shifting focus toward rapid response and recovery helps minimize harm when breaches inevitably occur.
- How a proactive cyber resilience strategy can reduce constant firefighting and help alleviate pressure on security teams.
Discover the 3 messages CISOs must deliver to the board
Cyber resilience is increasingly viewed as an ongoing discipline rather than a one-time initiative — essential to sustaining growth, innovation, and trust.
In our view, this Gartner® analysis provides context and guidance to help CISOs communicate risk, investment priorities, and resilience concepts to executive stakeholders.
Download the report to explore Gartner perspective in more detail and understand the critical actions you must take to strengthen cyber resilience at the executive level and gain actionable insights to secure your organization's future.
Gartner is a trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
Gartner does not endorse any company, vendor, product or service depicted in its publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s business and technology insights organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this publication, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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