CIO 2025 Outlook: Key Priorities for Tech Leaders
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) find themselves walking a precarious tightrope. On one side looms the ever-present spectre of cybersecurity threats; on the other, the pressing demand to drive innovation and digital transformation. How are today’s technology leaders managing this delicate balance?
Our new Future Forward: CIO 2025 Outlook research provides compelling insights into this question. Drawing from an extensive study of nearly 1,400 technology leaders – including 480 C-suite executives and 913 senior IT decision-makers across nine countries – we’ve uncovered a portrait of the modern CIO’s challenges, priorities and strategic approaches.
Top global CIO challenges
- Cyber security is tech’s top global priority. Nearly half (41%) of CIOs worldwide say it is their greatest challenge.
- More than half (56%) of tech leaders believe senior management lacks knowledge about the CIO role and what is required to succeed.
- Most tech leaders (52%) say embedding AI skills into existing roles is the top AI adoption challenge.
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