If there is one risk that keeps U.S. business leaders up at night, it could very well be the risk of cyber attacks and the affect they would have on their businesses.

The World Economic Forum's Global Risk Report 2016, released in January, confirmed this apparent insomnia. In a survey by the organization, executives from around the world were asked to identify the five global risks for which they were most concerned within the next 10 years, choosing from the set of 28 global risks presented in previous year's report.

In the United States, the top risk cited by executives was cyber attacks. Not far behind was data fraud or theft.

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