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Building a Cyber Culture That Works for the Business (Not Just the Board)

Building a Cyber Culture That Works for the Business (Not Just the Board)

Building a Cyber Culture That Works for the Business (Not Just the Board)

LevelBlue has published the 2025 Futures Report: Cyber Resilience and Business Impact that examines how organisations are moving from a reactive cybersecurity defence approach to a more proactive one. Using data from over 1,500 participants in a global survey, the report highlights key trends such as:

  • A growing threat from AI-powered attacks.
  • The importance of aligning security KPIs with operational goals.
  • The cultural shift needed to embed cybersecurity defence across a business.

The report outlines what distinguishes cyber-resilient organisations and how businesses can adapt to the current, ever-changing threat landscape. The report is a must-read for everyone tasked with running an organisation in 2025. Not just those who work in cybersecurity, but also business leaders in the C-Suite and beyond.

Download the report for free from https://levelblue.com/2025-futures-report. MSPs in Ireland looking to implement the advice in the report, and use LevelBlue solutions to boost the cybersecurity of clients, should reach out to Renaissance to arrange a chat with an expert. Read on for some selected points taken from the report.

Data Data Everywhere - Way Too Much To Think

The report shows that two-thirds of the cybersecurity professionals who responded said that their tools generated too much data and not enough actionable intelligence. Most felt that this meant there was a gap between visibility and action. Teams that are inundated by alert data that they are unable to parse for significant threats are in no better position than those who don’t monitor at all.

To deal with this conundrum, many organisations are shifting from reactive security to a model that promotes alignment with cybersecurity KPIs based on operational and business goals. Following this path turns cybersecurity into a valuable business enabler and improves the collaboration between IT and Business departments.

Business Alignment

This alignment is more pronounced and embedded in high-performing organisations. The more that cybersecurity can be embedded across the organisation, the better the outcomes. The report shows that 66% of executives say that their cybersecurity team is aligned with lines of business. And 60% reported that leadership performance gets measured against cybersecurity KPIs.

The organisations that get this shift know that it is more than a box-ticking exercise. The best performers are:

  • Embedding risk awareness into transformation projects from the outset.
  • Allocating cybersecurity budgets to new initiatives up front.
  • Creating room for innovation by balancing risk appetite with robust cybersecurity controls.

The results outlined in the report are impressive - 79% said that their adaptive cybersecurity posture enabled them to take more risks around innovation-related projects. This shows that security, resilience, and agility can go hand in hand.

Beyond the Boardroom

The message that emerges from the data in the LevelBlue report shows that embedding cybersecurity into the core operations of an organisation requires more than having cybersecurity on the agenda at quarterly Board meetings. Organisations that have good top-down cyber-resilience are more likely to regularly educate their workforces about security and their role in it. In doing so, they create a culture of resilience in which employees understand their role in protecting everyone.

Businesses that take this approach see significant operational benefits. When cybersecurity KPIs align with business metrics, security incidents are turned into business problems with quantifiable impacts and clear remediation priorities. They become issues for the whole leadership team to address, and not just an “IT problem”.

The report does not paint a completely rosy picture: 38% of CEOs reported that they still had a reactive approach to security, and this put their organisations at greater risk. However, about half the number of CTOs and CIOs in those organisations reported the same concern. Suggesting a disconnect between technical leadership and business leaders.

A similar proportion of CEOs also believe that their leadership teams are too slow to act on cybersecurity issues. A delay that could be exploited by cybercriminals, who are quick to take advantage of emerging threats before the organisation can implement countermeasures.

The MSP Message

MSPs in Ireland are in a great position to help promote the changes that the report highlights as beneficial. As trusted advisers, you are ideally placed to help your clients embed cybersecurity best practices across every part of their business. MSPs who partner with LevelBlue can help clients build proactive cybersecurity strategies and deployments. With LevelBlue, you can:

  • Simplify complexity in client environments.
  • Deliver real-time, AI-powered threat insights.
  • Provide leadership with risk metrics that matter for each client’s business.

Using LevelBlue solutions, you can help your clients build a cybersecurity environment where the important threats get surfaced quickly rather than being lost in the noise.