Priorities 2024

Cybersecurity has retained its place as the top priority but it is notable that AI has risen to second place for both leaders and digital professionals — last year it was in fourth place for both groups. Cloud has dropped out of the top three for the first time since 2013 for leaders.

For leaders, we asked which of the following they consider most important to pursue in 2024.

 

IT professionals were given the same list and asked which they think their organisation should prioritise for 2024:

 

In asking respondents what upcoming changes and trends in the IT industry were most likely to keep them awake at night we asked them to choose just one… this was the overall result: