23% of respondents in the US had AI tools provided by their IT team.

45% of respondents noted that there is a disconnect between leadership AI enthusiasm and provided AI training within their organization.

60% of employees expect to use AI agents more effectively within the next year.

69% of employees say they are optimistic about the use of AI agents.

82% of managers have been trained in AI tools.

39% of organizations operate with inadequate AI governance structures entirely, relying on inconsistent frameworks, ad hoc practices, or no AI-specific governance at all.

59% of Education professionals are very confident in their AI skills.

76% of 18-24 year old workers are very confident using AI tools.

31% of organizations are redirecting their largest security investments toward AI supply chain security over the next 12 months.

32% of employees are entirely self-taught on using AI in their job role.

38% of organizations identify runtime as their most vulnerable phase for AI.

59% of AI users in retail engage with AI daily.

23% of respondents in Germany received explicit encouragement to use AI in the workplace.

Exposing vulnerabilities is a top security convergence goal for 40% of German organizations.

Optimizing cloud security is a top security convergence goal for 39% of German organizations.

18% of respondents are concerned about AI ethics.

17% of respondents are concerned about algorithmic bias in AI.

Employees across all sectors are interacting with AI an average of 6.5 days a week.

32% of respondents in Japan identify improving crisis management as a top security convergence goal.

Optimizing cloud security is a top security convergence goal for 43% of organizations in France.