1、As companies grow more skittish over rising economic volatility and intensifying geopolitical tensions,a more conservative approach has spread to all areas of business.This especially includes the digital domain,where risks that senior executives endured a few years ago are now viewed as unacceptabl

2、e.Deloitte puts it this way:“The risk landscape is changing fast.Every days headlines bring new reminders that the future is on its way,and sometimes it feels like new risks and response strategies are around every corner.”Among the key challenges singled out by the corporate consultancy are the dis

3、ruptions resulting from emerging technologies and shared risks associated with the networked economy.1As cyber threats have multiplied,the global business community has become increasingly sensitive to the danger and is demonstrating a greater willingness to confront it sentiments that come through

4、loud and clear in Mimecasts 2023 report on The State of Email Security,the seventh annual study of its kind.Growing awareness of skyrocketing cyber risk shows up in other studies as well.An informal survey of business executives by Forbes sought to identify the most important risks facing corporate

5、leaders in 2022.Despite climate change,inflation and the possibility of another financial crisis,the risk of a data breach headed the list.2 More evidence that concerns over cyber risk have assumed a new prominence in the C-suite comes from The Allianz Risk Barometer an annual survey of corporate in

6、surance experts,including brokers,underwriters and risk consultants published by insurance giant Allianz Global Corporate&Specialty(AGCS).For 2022,the survey found that the threat of a cyber incident was the most important global risk facing businesses,well ahead of climate change,labor shortages an