The bottom line: 54 percent of Austrian companies expect cyberattacks to cause revenue losses on the same day; 57 percent of executives fear personal liability.
54 percent of surveyed business leaders in Austria assume that a severe cyberattack will lead to revenue losses on the same business day. 57 percent of executives additionally fear personal liability for critical cyber incidents.
A current Austrian study reveals the extent of the economic threat posed by cyberattacks from the perspective of business leaders. More than half of the surveyed executives (54 percent) expect that a serious cyber incident will result in measurable revenue losses on the same business day — an indicator of the critical dependence of modern business operations on digital systems.
In parallel, 57 percent of Austrian executives indicate concern about being held personally accountable for a serious cyber incident. This concern reflects not only the escalating trajectory of cyber risks, but also a noticeable shift in the personal liability perspective of decision-makers — a topic that is further reinforced by regulatory developments such as the NIS2 Directive in Europe.
For CISOs, this data presents a double pressure: On one hand, security measures must be geared toward speed and resilience to minimize financial downtime. On the other hand, the demonstrability of security diligence and incident response capability is gaining strategic relevance to protect executives from allegations of negligent oversight.
Source: itwelt.at · Published June 29, 2026
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