Elevating Cybersecurity 2025

Contributors World Economic Forum Joanna Bouckaert Community Lead, Centre for Cybersecurity Isabella Kaplan Community Specialist, Centre for Cybersecurity Ellie Winslow Coordinator, Centre for CybersecurityLead authors Acknowledgements Paige Adams Group Chief Information Security Officer, Zurich Insurance Group Ahmed Alketbi Chief Information Security Officer, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority Hessah A. Almajhad Chief Cybersecurity Officer, Saudi Information Technology Company (SITE) Mandy Andress Chief Information and Security Officer, Elastic Brad Arkin Chief Trust Officer, Salesforce Romain Aviolat Group Chief Information Security Officer, Kudelski Group Nik Bartholomew Vice-President, IT Cybersecurity & Risk Management, Occidental Erik Blomberg Chief Security Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, Handelsbanken Christophe Blassiau Senior Vice-President and Group Chief Information Security Officer, Schneider-Electric Grant Bourzikas Chief Security Officer, Cloudflare David Bradbury Chief Security Officer, OktaStefan Braun Chief Information Security Officer, Henkel Scott Brown Chief Information Security Officer, Rio Tinto Ian Buffey Chief Information Security Officer, AtkinsRéalis Yanni Charalambous Vice-President and Chief Information Officer, Occidental Petroleum Corporation Nic Chavez Chief Information Security Officer, DataStax Sam Curry Global Vice-President and Chief Information Security Officer In Residence, Zscaler Martijn Dekker Chief Information Security Officer, ABN AMRO Deepen Desai Chief Security Officer, Zscaler Hazel Díez Castaño Chief Information Security Officer, Banco Santander James Dolph Chief Information Security Officer, Guidewire Alonzo Ellis Global Chief Information Security Officer, Morgan Stanley Yusuf Ezzy Chief Information Security Officer, PG&E Elevating Cybersecurity: Ensuring Strategic and Sustainable Impact for CISOs 21