CSO Survey

The Clarity Factory produces research and thought leadership for professionals 

in corporate security, cyber security, resilience and national security. 

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.

“We need to shift our focus from convergence and wholesale organisational redesign towards partnership through holistic security to reach security maturity."

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.

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-w

The pandemic has taken its toll on our wellbeing – twice as many adults as normal have feelings of depression, with figures much higher for some groups.

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Corporate security and crisis management has changed drastically in recent years.

The business of security has shifted from protecting companies from risks to being the new source of competitive advantage.

Clarity Factory CEO, Rachel Briggs OBE, has written an explainer for Chatham House on the ongoing hostage situation in Gaza - why has Hamas taken hostages, what does it hope to achieve and what might happen in the day

“We know that… diverse teams are stronger teams.

The Clarity Factory Holistic Security Maturity Model provides a frame

Clarity Factory CEO, Rachel Briggs, spoke to Emma Barrett on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour about the plight of the women and children held hostage in Gaza. Interview: 17 October, 2023.

New report from The Clarity Factory presents a model for effective, business-enabling corporate security in a volatile and complex global business environment.

Organizations are faced with increasingly complex, complicated and fast-moving challenges – internally and externally – and corporate security leaders need to find new ways to deliver resilience

Rachel Briggs of The Clarity Factory and Cynthia Marble of Ontic explore the impact of increased activism and protest on executive risk and EP p

Clarity Factory CEO, Rachel Briggs OBE, spoke to Anna Botting of Sky News about the hostage crisis in Gaza on Sunday 15 October 2023.

The Clarity Factory will launch its Annual Corporate Security Survey in 2025, which will provide vital longitudinal benchmarking data for CSOs and their teams.

A national museum suffers an IT outage after a terminated technology contractor gains access to an unauthorised area of the building and turns off the IT systems.

Clarity Factory CEO, Rachel Briggs OBE, spoke to Claire Meyer at Security Management Magazine about the ways in which changing geopolitics and global volatility and impacting the C-Suite - and how CSOs must adapt.

Clarity Factory CEO, Rachel Briggs OBE, spoke with Colin Murray on BBC Radio 5 Live on 18 October 2023 about the hostage crisis in Gaza, what the families might be experiencing, and the challenges of surviving surviva

The role and purpose of the corporate security function has changed due to several trends both inside of, and external from, the business.

Our CEO, Rachel Briggs OBE, joined BBC News to talk about the hostage crisis in Gaza, what lies ahead and the plight of the hostages and their families.

Clarity Factory CEO, Rachel Briggs OBE, spoke to Sky News journalist, Josephine Franks, about the hostage situation in Gaza.

The Clarity Factory Founder and CEO, Rachel Briggs OBE, shared her predictions for 2025 in Ontic's annual forecast.

A range of wicked and complex global challenges – from COVID to climate change – are testing the limits of the ‘big men’ of geopolitics and heralding the arrival of a new generation of leaders who are responsive, data

The Clarity Factory's new report, The Business Value of Corporate Security, was featured in

CSOs tell us that measuring and communicating the impact of corporate security is one of their biggest and most enduring challenges. In our 2025 CSO Survey, CSOs said that the top challenge to their effectiveness was

Clarity Factory CEO, Rachel Briggs, spoke alongside US Secretary Blinken this week at an event on hostage diplomacy co-sponsored by the State Department and the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Are you a security professional under the age of 35? We want to hear from you!  

The front line of cybersecurity is as much about psychology and culture as software and technology.

Our CEO, Rachel Briggs OBE joined Chuck Randolph of

In 2025, The Clarity Factory will launch a new initiative to produce risk management tools and benchmarking resources for corporate security leaders.

Clarity Factory CEO, Rachel Briggs OBE, joined Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel to discuss the unfolding hostage crisis in Gaza, the options for Israel and its allies in getting the hostages home, and the plight of the hos

Rachel Briggs was joined by Manish Mehta (Ontic), Meredith Wilson (Emergent Risk International), and Jules Parke-Robinson (Philip Morris International) to discuss data from the 2025 Annual CSO Survey and trends to wat

Clarity Factory CEO, Rachel Briggs OBE, writes in The Independent as Hamas release the first proof of life video, showing hostage Mia Shem.

Corporate Security: Securing Future Talent is a new insight paper from SI Placement and The Clarity Factory.

Clarity Factory CEO, Rachel Briggs OBE, spoke with ABC News flagship evening current affairs programme, The World, about the latest in negotiations to bring home the hostages held in Gaza.

The corporate security function is at an inflection point; trends outside organizations are impacting what the function does, how it positions itself, its relationship with other functions, and

Our Founder and CEO, Rachel Briggs OBE, spoke with Claire Meyer of Security Management Magazine about our new report, The Business Value of Corporate Security.

The Clarity Factory is pleased to announce a new research project on Security Culture sponsored by the ASIS Foundation.