--- title: Survey: CISOs Continue to Struggle to Strike Right Risk... description: A LevelBlue survey of 422 CISOs reveals a persistent gap between cybersecurity confidence and actual risk alignment. While 61% feel highly competent, only 45%... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/survey-cisos-continue-to-struggle-to-strike-right-risk-balance-tgeltb3zt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Survey: CISOs Continue to Struggle to Strike Right Risk Balance | daily.dev og:description: A LevelBlue survey of 422 CISOs reveals a persistent gap between cybersecurity confidence and actual risk alignment. While 61% feel highly competent, only 45%... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/survey-cisos-continue-to-struggle-to-strike-right-risk-balance-tgeltb3zt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tgeLTB3zT.png og:image:alt: Survey: CISOs Continue to Struggle to Strike Right Risk Balance og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Survey: CISOs Continue to Struggle to Strike Right Risk Balance **[Security Boulevard](https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A LevelBlue survey of 422 CISOs reveals a persistent gap between cybersecurity confidence and actual risk alignment. While 61% feel highly competent, only 45% say their organization's risk appetite aligns with cybersecurity capabilities. Just 53% feel prepared to defend against AI-enabled adversaries, and only 37% have cybersecurity budgets embedded in projects from the start. Top investment priorities include ML for pattern matching, data encryption, and application security. Supply chain security remains a notable blind spot, with only 31% identifying it as a top risk source. CISOs are also facing expanding responsibilities while AI-driven attacks grow in volume and sophistication. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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