CSO Survey 2026 London Launch Event

 

Agenda

9.00-9.05am                     Welcome from our Platinum sponsor

9.05-9.45am                     2026 CSO Survey results                                                     

Rachel Briggs OBE, The Clarity Factory

9.45-10.25am                 The evolving corporate security operating model: 
From protection function to enterprise resilience capability 

 Jeremy Baumann, Corporate Security Advisors (CSA)

Hugh Parsons, GSK

Jules Parke-Robinson, PMI

Melissa Newberg, Seerist

10.25-10.45am              Coffee break

10.45-11.25am              How mature corporate security teams are using technology and AI to drive impact, insight and enterprise value

Duncan Manning, Shell

Mike Brennan, IBM

Manish Mehta, Ontic

11.25-11.30am              Concluding remarks and close

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Webinars

The Modern CSO: Driving Strategic Value in a Volatile World

Corporate security leaders are operating in an increasingly volatile environment.
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Reports

Security Culture

Security Culture: A strategic capability that builds resilience in a volatile world
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Metrics, KPIs and storytelling

Clarity Up Front:
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Talent Report

10-Point Retention Plan for CSOs

Corporate Security: 10-Point Retention Plan for CSOs, is published by SI Placement and Th
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Reports

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.
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Reports

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.
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Events

Clarity Factory Events & Workshops

The Clarity Factory offers a range of virtual and in-person events and workshops for CSOs and their teams, offering latest data, expert speakers, thought leadership, practical lessons, and professional development.
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Reports

Annual Chief Security Officer Survey 2025

The 2025 CSO Survey draws on data from a global survey of CSOs, offering vital benchmarking data on a range of critical issues for CSOs and their teams, including teams and talent, use of technology and AI, corporate

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Reports

The Business of Resilience

Doing business is getting more and more complex.
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Reports

The Business Value of Corporate Security

This report seeks to understand what trends in the global business operating environment mean for the corporate security function: its value proposition, narrative and positioning, leadership, talent strategy, areas o

2026 CSO Survey Advisory Council

The Clarity Factory Annual CSO Survey

Sign up for The Clarity Factory Insights

Stay current with corporate-security thinking that helps you lead with clarity.
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Executive Summary

Business Value of Corporate Security
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Events

Storytelling for Security Professionals Workshops

Our Storytelling for Security Professionals workshops can be delivered for small groups, security leadership teams or global security team meetings and off-sites. It can be delivered in-person or virtually. 
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Corporate Security Transformation

There has never been a more interesting – or challenging – time to work in corporate security.
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Corporate Security Maturity Assessments

The Clarity Factory Corporate Security Maturity Assessment Framework provides an independent, structured and data-driven maturity assessment to drive insights on strengths and areas for development.
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Benchmarking

Benchmarking

One of the most frequent questions CSOs get from the C-Suite is ‘how do we compare to our competitors?’ 
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Services

Security Briefings

The Clarity Factory CEO, Rachel Briggs, offers executive briefings for CSOs and their teams.

Her briefings draw on our Annual CSO Survey and industry-leading research, and include:
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Our Work

The Clarity Factory produces essential data, insights, operating frameworks, maturity models and benchmarking for CSOs and their teams. 

This includes: 
Services

The Clarity Factory Services

The Clarity Factory offers a range of consulting services that support CSOs to enhance their performance, innovate operations, develop their team, and drive improvements to deliver best in class services to their orga
CSO

CSO Survey

The Clarity Factory Annual CSO Survey
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Talent Report

The Future of Talent: Outsourcing takes hold in corporate security

‘The key trend for the future will be increased outsourcing, contracting, and sub-contracting, including by country heads of security.
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Reports

Holistic Security

How physical and cyber security can join forces to strengthen operational resilience 

by Rachel Briggs OBE
CSO

2025 Annual Corporate Security Survey

The Clarity Factory

2026 Annual CSO Survey
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Research

The Clarity Factory Research

The Clarity Factory is the leading research body for corporate security leaders.
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Storytelling

Storytelling for Security Professionals Workshop

Engaging storytelling techniques tailored for security professionals.
Strategic Assessments - The Clarity Factory

Strategic Assessments - The Clarity Factory

Get in touch to discuss our strategic assessment

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Executive Summary

Holistic Security
The bad guys don't respect organisational silos - physical and cyber security must plug the gaps to deliver holistic security

The bad guys don't respect organisational silos - physical and cyber security must plug the gaps to deliver holistic security

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Increasing risk appetites put security front and center as an influencer - Security Management Magazine

Our Founder and CEO, Rachel Briggs OBE, spoke with Claire Meyer of Security Manag
Six Insights for Effective Security Culture
Culture

Six Insights for Effective Security Culture

Clarity Up Front:
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Videos

BBC News - Clarity Factory on the hostage crisis

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.
From corporate security intelligence to intelligence-informed business insights

From corporate security intelligence to intelligence-informed business insights

CLARITY UP FRONT
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:
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Clarity Factory featured in HR Magazine

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

Storytelling for Security Leaders Workshop
Storytelling

Storytelling for Security Leaders Workshop

The Clarity Factory is delighted to partner with leading storytelling consultancy, HumanStory, to offer a

Security Culture:
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Six Insights for Effective Security Culture

The front line of cybersecurity is as much about psychology and culture as software and technology.
New Research: The Future of Corporate Security
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.
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The Business of Resilience

The business of security has shifted from protecting companies from risks to being the new source of competitive advantage.
CSO Insights: 2025 corporate security data and trends for 2026
Corporate Security

CSO Insights: 2025 corporate security data and trends for 2026

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
Ontic Connected Intelligence Podcast
Ontic

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

Rachel Briggs discusses latest CSO trends data
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Rachel Briggs discusses latest CSO trends data

Clarity Factory co-founder and CEO, Rachel Briggs, sat down for a conversation with Manish Mehta on Ontic’s Connected Intelligence podcast.
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Corporate Security

Outsourcing takes hold in corporate security

The Future of Talent: Outsourcing takes hold in corporate security
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.
Rachel Briggs Talks Physical-Cyber Security Partnership
Podcasts

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.
The Future of Corporate Security
Corporate Security

The Future of Corporate Security

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