We Asked 100 Security Leaders About Ransomware. Their Answers Surprised Us.

A survey of 100 CISOs and senior security executives reveals a large confidence gap in ransomware defense: nearly all organizations deploy EDR but only 25% trust it for modern ransomware, 78% say AI has made attacks more effective while only 6% believe AI improved their defenses, and 91% are investing in ransomware-specific tools—indicating industry-wide misalignment between existing tools and the evolving ransomware threat.