When Confidence Becomes A Risk: The Gap Between Cyber Resilience Readiness And Reality
techradar.pro, Thursday, March 19th, 2026
Executive confidence in cyber resilience exceeds actual capability
Let me start with an uncomfortable truth: executive teams likely overestimate their organizations' preparedness for a cyberattack. They've invested heavily in security tools, established formal resilience strategies, and conducted tabletop exercises.
Yet new global research shows a sobering reality: 63% of IT leaders say their executive teams overestimate their organization's cyber readiness.