Clarity Factory August 2025 Insight

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The 2025 Annual Corporate Security Survey

The 2025 Annual Corporate Security Survey

The Clarity Factory 2025 Annual Corporate Security Survey is now CLOSED. Thank you to everyone who completed it and we look forward to sharing the data in September. If you would l…
Diversity and Inclusion:

Diversity and Inclusion:

Clarity Up Front: The security challenges faced by corporations are increasingly complex Complex problems are best solved by diverse teams  Diverse teams can only re…
NEW REPORT: Connected Corporate Security

NEW REPORT: Connected Corporate Security

Effective corporate security is increasingly dependent on the ability to connect: within the function, across the business, and between the business and external stakeholders. Corp…
Six Insights for Effective Security Culture

Six Insights for Effective Security Culture

Clarity Up Front:Cyber security is a top concern for boards and C-Suite executives, and latest data from IBM shows the average cost of a data breach in 2024 was $4.88 million, 10% …
Watch Rachel Briggs' Keynote at 2024 Ontic Summit: The business value of corporate security

Watch Rachel Briggs' Keynote at 2024 Ontic Summit: The business value of corporate security

Clarity Factory CEO, Rachel Briggs OBE, delivered the keynote at the 2024 Ontic Summit in Austin Texas in February. Drawing on Clarity Factory data and insights, she talked about h…
Clarity Factory August 2025 Insight

Clarity Factory August 2025 Insight

Effective Cyber Security Board Governance

Effective Cyber Security Board Governance

Cyber security is no longer just a necessary hygiene factor – it is a key differentiator for the increasingly digital organisation. Doing it well starts at the top, but the majorit…
New Research: The Future of Corporate Security

New Research: The Future of Corporate Security

In 2005, ten companies came together to commission a white paper to explore the future of corporate security. Just a few years after 9/11, corporate security was fast rising up the…
What do shifting social and political dynamics mean for corporate security?

What do shifting social and political dynamics mean for corporate security?

Clarity Up Front:Social and political shifts mean global corporationsare now seen as “players”, whether they intend to be or not. This impacts a company’s risk profile, with many e…
Webinar: How to measure and communicate the impact of corporate security, 14 April

Webinar: How to measure and communicate the impact of corporate security, 14 April

Webinar: How to measure and communicate the impact of corporate security April 14, 4pm UK / 11am ESTCSOs tells us that measuring and communicating the impact of corporate…
2025 CSO Survey Published by The Clarity Factory

2025 CSO Survey Published by The Clarity Factory

The Clarity Factory 2025 Annual CSO Survey is published.Download the 2025 CSO Survey ReportThe Clarity Factory 2025 Annual CSO Survey contains a wealth of data to help CSOs underst…
Effective transitions from public to private sector security

Effective transitions from public to private sector security

I was pleased to speak with Claire Meyer of Security Management magazine about the all-important issue of effective transitions from the public sector into private sector security.…
Ontic Connected Intelligence Podcast

Ontic Connected Intelligence Podcast

Clarity Factory CEO, Rachel Briggs, and Kathy Lavinder of SI Placement joined Chuck Randolph of Ontic to discuss their joint study on the future of talent in corporate security.The…
Storytelling for Security Leaders Workshop

Storytelling for Security Leaders Workshop

The Clarity Factory is delighted to partner with leading storytelling consultancy, HumanStory, to offer a Storytelling for Security Leaders workshop.At a time when information over…
What can corporate security learn from HR's journey to the C-Suite?

What can corporate security learn from HR's journey to the C-Suite?

Clarity Up Front:The corporate security function’s journey from ‘corporate cop’ to the C-Suite over the past 25 years mirrors that of HR over the same period, and there is much tha…
Rachel Briggs shares 2025 Annual CSO Survey data and insights

Rachel Briggs shares 2025 Annual CSO Survey data and insights

Clarity Factory CEO, Rachel Briggs, joined Kirsten Meskill from Solventum and Joshua Levin-Soler from Take Two Games for a conversation hosted by Ankur Arora of Ontic.They covered:…
Five questions on the future of security leadership

Five questions on the future of security leadership

The Clarity Factory CEO, Rachel Briggs, sat down with Corporate Security Advisors (CSA) to discuss the changing role of the CSO.She covered:The biggest blind spot in how organizati…
Outsourcing takes hold in corporate security

Outsourcing takes hold in corporate security

The Future of Talent: Outsourcing takes hold in corporate security is a new insight paper from SI Placement and The Clarity Factory. Read the paper here.Outsourcing is a major tren…
Survey: Diversity and Inclusion in the Security Industry

Survey: Diversity and Inclusion in the Security Industry

Thank you to everyone who took part in our survey on diversity, equity and inclusion in the security industry. The survey closed on 15 August, and we are now analyzing the results.…
What growing outsourcing means for security management

What growing outsourcing means for security management

Our report on the rise of outsourcing in corporate security, co-authored with Kathy Lavinder of SI Placement, is covered by Security Management magazine. Read more about our joint …
2026 Annual CSO Survey Sponsorship Opportunities

2026 Annual CSO Survey Sponsorship Opportunities

The Clarity Factory looks forward to working with sponsors who are thought leading innovators within the security industry to deliver the 2026 Annual CSO Survey.What CSOs said abou…
NEW REPORT: Holistic Security

NEW REPORT: Holistic Security

“We need to shift our focus from convergence and wholesale organisational redesign towards partnership through holistic security to reach security maturity."DOWNLOAD HOLISTIC SECUR…
Rachel Briggs Talks Physical-Cyber Security Partnership

Rachel Briggs Talks Physical-Cyber Security Partnership

Clarity Factory CEO, Rachel Briggs, joined Manish Mehta on this week’s Ontic Connected Intelligence podcast to discuss our Holistic Security report and maturity model.Why we need t…
Take our Talent Survey

Take our Talent Survey

We have teamed up with SI Placement to conduct a survey on the future talent needs of security functions, as part of our joint industry-wide study on talent within the function. De…
What has happened to the 'missing' hostages in Gaza - Business Insider

What has happened to the 'missing' hostages in Gaza - Business Insider

Clarity Factory CEO, Rachel Briggs, spoke with Business Insider about the potential explanations for some 40 hostages that Hamas says are 'missing' in Gaza. You can read the articl…
2026 CSO Survey Open

2026 CSO Survey Open

TAKE THE 2026 CSO SURVEYThe Clarity Factory 2026 CSO Survey is now open. The survey has become a go to for CSOs and their teams, with latest benchmarking data on critical issues, s…
Holistic Security: How to right-size the relationship between corporate and cyber security

Holistic Security: How to right-size the relationship between corporate and cyber security

Clarity Up Front‘Convergence’ between corporate and cyber security has been a hot topic of discussion for well over a decade, but debates have tended to be binary: converge or not?…
Polycrises are the new normal - how corporate security must adjust its strategy

Polycrises are the new normal - how corporate security must adjust its strategy

Corporate security and crisis management has changed drastically in recent years. No longer can organisations plan for a crisis happening on an annual or biannual basis – instead t…