US EditionFortinet Report: OT Cybersecurity Risk Elevates Within Executive Leadership Ranks
CANADA, JUL 9 – Over half of organizations now place operational technology cybersecurity under chief information security officers, rising from 16% in 2022 to 52% in 2025, Fortinet reports.
- Fortinet’s latest research highlights a growing trend of executive leadership, including CISOs and CSOs, taking a more active role in overseeing the security of operational technology systems.
- This shift follows a global trend where responsibility for OT risk consolidated at the C-suite level due to rising security concerns and operational impacts.
- The report shows that 52% of organizations now assign OT security to their CISO or CSO, up from 16% in 2022, alongside growing OT security maturity.
- Fortinet reports that organizations deploying its OT Security Platform have seen incident rates decrease by 93% alongside improvements in response efficiency of up to seven times.
- These findings imply that centralizing OT security leadership and adopting advanced defenses reduce risks and improve resilience across industries globally.
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