A majority of global family offices feel confident they can prevent cyberattacks — with confidence levels ranging from 74% to 89%, depending on the threat type, according to a survey by AlTi Tiedemann Global and Campden Wealth Ltd.
It found more than 80% of respondents said they are performing regular monitoring and staff training as well as implementing prevention and recovery plans and risk assessments. Nonetheless, nearly three-quarters (70%) of family offices ranked cybersecurity as their top operational risk in 2025.
Indeed, six in 10 (60%) said they have experienced at least one cyberattack, including phishing (48%), data breaches (26%), malware (19%), and identity theft (5%). Among those that experienced cyberattacks, 45% reported no material impact, while roughly a third experienced real consequences, including service disruption or system outage (19%), some financial loss (17%), disclosure of personal information (15%), reputational harm (3%), and material financial loss (2%).
Amid increased risk of cyberbreaches, nearly half (48%) of all family offices surveyed said they have expanded their service offerings over the past two years, adding, administrative services (47%) such as cybersecurity and internet technology. Notably, cybersecurity (22%) was the top service added under the administrative pillar, followed by risk management (11%), bill pay (9%), financial accounting (7%), legal (5%), technology (3%) and human resources (2%).
In addition to cybersecurity, more than a quarter (29%) of respondents added office services such as private equity due diligence (13%), estate planning (12%), wealth management (11%), investment accounting (9%), tax planning (8%), and mergers and acquisitions/transaction due diligence (7%).
Meanwhile, 24% added family services, including family engagement and education (23%), governance and transition planning (19%), and succession planning (15%).
