B
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68%
68% -- ciso mssp adoption rate for CISOs (IANS survey respondents) (2025)
68% of surveyed CISOs rely on one or more MSSPs to manage parts of their security operations.
- Sample consists of enterprise security leaders from companies with published revenue bands starting at $400 million
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Value
68%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Sample Size
587
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
IANS Research and Artico Search
Primary
Tier B
https://alexejpikovsky.com/ciso-survey-blind-spot/ ↗
Source Article
The CISO Survey Blind Spot
Original Research
IANS Research and Artico Search
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Methodology
IANS Research / Artico Search Security Budget Benchmark, 587 CISOs fielded April–August 2025; adoption highest in $1.1B–$10B revenue band
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CISOs (IANS survey respondents): 68% ciso mssp adoption rate. Source: IANS Research and Artico Search (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ians-ciso-mssp-adoption-2025
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