Navigating Cyber Risk Without a Full-Time CISO

Cybercrime has exploded into a $10.5 trillion global industry by 2025, growing at roughly 15% annually, according to Cybersecurity Ventures. Once thought to be a problem mainly for Fortune 500 firms, mid-sized businesses are now squarely in the crosshairs. Nearly half of all cyberattacks target small and mid-sized companies, and breach costs for these firms have grown nearly four times faster than for large enterprises in the last five years.

For CIOs and CTOs in highly regulated industries, the challenge is acute. You face enterprise-grade threats, tightening compliance standards, and rising customer demands—all without the resources of an enterprise security program or the leadership of a full-time CISO. The result is a growing leadership gap: cybersecurity responsibilities often fall to technology executives already tasked with driving digital transformation, managing budgets, and enabling growth.

This session brings together senior technology leaders to explore how mid-sized companies are tackling risk, compliance, and strategy without dedicated security executives.

Discussion explores:

The biggest cybersecurity challenges facing these security and technology leaders today.

• How compliance pressures are shaping priorities and investments
• Organizational models and resources being used to manage security
• Approaches to cybersecurity leadership in the absence of a full-time CISO

Join ISMG’s CXO Advisor team and your peers for a candid discussion on how to navigate cyber risk when a full-time CISO isn’t an option.