Business leaders across all sectors associate macro factors with the highest levels of risk exposure compared with their network and internal processes, but those from life sciences were the most likely (46%) to attribute a high level of risk to these external factors.
With a growing focus on networks – especially regarding supply chains, scarcity of resources, data management and cybersecurity – C-suite and GCs in the tech and telecoms were most likely to identify this area as a risk (44%) in comparison to consumer (33%) and transport (34%). At the same time, a third of transport and consumer (33%) believe that the network isn’t a risk – showing polarisation within the sectors.
Understanding how people and talent play a role in technology related risk was also on the minds of C-suite and GCs within tech and telecoms, with 43% believing that their internal environment is a risk. Just 29% of those in financial institutions, 27% in life sciences and 28% in consumer believed the same.