BDO Global Risk Landscape 2025: Courage to Grow or Stagnation in Security?

The latest BDO Global Risk Landscape survey shows that businesses see artificial intelligence as both a major opportunity and a significant source of new risks. 55% of organizations expect AI to have the greatest impact on cybersecurity, while 62% say it will substantially increase privacy risks.

Only 31% of respondents believe AI can help identify and mitigate risks – highlighting the lack of structured AI risk management approaches. In addition, many businesses still perceive risk management mainly through a compliance lens (“ticked = done”), rather than as a strategic issue that can either limit or enable growth. Just 7% of companies describe their risk management as highly proactive.

📌 BDO recommends:

• Developing an AI strategy and governance model that addresses risk, ethics, and transparency.

• Providing regular training and oversight to ensure AI risks are managed before they result in losses.

• Adopting more realistic risk assessment approaches, using AI tools not only for automation but also for monitoring and control.

📖 Read the full report here: BDO Global Risk Landscape 2025