Cyber security in 2027: resilience through strategic governance and autonomy

Every year, industry leaders at Forvis Mazars come together to collate insights on the global state of cyber security and offer advice to organisations navigating its complexity. This year’s report explores how organisations can leverage technology and navigate complex global issues – like regulation, geopolitical instability and questions of digital sovereignty – to improve organisational resilience and autonomy.  

Key insights 

• Leading organisations are moving beyond cyber security as a cost centre and finding strategic ways to leverage it as a competitive advantage.
• Digital sovereignty is an ever-increasing focus, but autonomy is a more useful objective for global organisations.
• A plethora of digital and security regulations in Europe and contrasts with a pull towards deregulation in the US, meaning a risk-based approach remains the answer to compliance fatigue.
• Operational technology is being integrated more and more into corporate IT ecosystems, creating both risk and reward.
• AI has created an arms race between attackers and defenders, necessitating fighting AI with AI and deploying right-sized governance.
• Data governance is still the cornerstone of effective cyber security strategies but must be applied proportionally.
• Cyber security teams must receive continual investment to balance stability with staying agile and advancing security postures.

To move forward, organisations must embed cyber security into their innovation and implementation strategies while staying agile to adapt to evolving threats. Those that do will protect their assets and gain a competitive edge in the digital economy.