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2025 Security Leaders Peer Report

Welcome to our fifth annual Security Leaders Peer Report!

For this latest edition, we delve into the world of ControlWatch and the CI:SO squad! Come along for the ride and read how the team tackles one of the biggest threats on their horizon in this comic-style report.

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What topics feature in the report?

The Security Leaders Peer Report contains the following sections:

  • Act 1: Enter the CI:SOs. Where we see a range of challenges they're facing.
  • Act 2: How do we combat hidden risk? Where we try to understand and communicate risk.
  • Act 3: CI:SOs unite. We delve into the stats about the CISO's day-to-day.
  • Act 4: The CI:SOs live to fight another day. How can we do better?

This year's report has a different twist: it's in the style of a comic book. The main characters, the CI:SOs, have constant threats coming their way. With the help of ControlWatch, will the CI:SOs combat toxic combinations? Will they live to fight another day?

Download the report today to read more about how:

  • 61% of security leaders have suffered a breach because of failed or misconfigured controls
  • 92% of security leaders agree that toxic combinations are a cause for real concern
  • 72% believe they could stop more breaches if they spent less time reporting


Want to read more?

We publish the Security Leaders Peer Report annually. Take a look at others in the series:

2024 Security Leaders Peer Report

2023 Security Leaders Peer Report

2022 Security Leaders Peer Report

2019 Security Leaders Peer Report