81% of IT professionals agree AI is changing how teams work more than how much they work.

59% of IT professionals say AI has added the responsibility of interpreting data and AI-driven insights.

In 2025, AI enabled attackers to automate up to 80–90% of a specific nation-state espionage campaign.

Almost one-third of organizations report extensive AI use across most or all threat detection and incident response activities, up from 25% last year.

91% of enterprises experience workflow bottlenecks despite deploying AI and automation.

63% of senior cybersecurity decision makers anticipate boosting incident response by embedding AI across threat detection and incident response activities.

61% of IT professionals report that AI provides faster root cause analysis.

57% of AI fetcher requests target non-cached content.

71% of IT professionals say AI has made their role more demanding.

52% of C-suite leaders at enterprises report that AI exceeded expectations.

17% of managers at enterrpises report that AI exceeded expectations.

78% of IT and cybersecurity decision-makers at enterprises say AI delivers greater financial return than automation.

More than 70% of employees worldwide use AI on a weekly basis.

Only 32% of enterprises apply AI and automation to clearly different tasks based on their distinct strengths.

65% of IT professionals report that AI reduces manual effort.

80% of IT security professionals believe AI will significantly reduce the number of people required to perform their current roles.

83% of IT professionals agree AI is only as effective as the data it can see.

46% of IT security professionals report that AI is contributing to a rise in adaptive and evasive malware.

Only 41% of organizations have AI-specific data privacy policies in place.

71% of retail and hospitality CISOs identify AI as a primary concern, citing risks such as data leakage, insider misuse, and insufficient governance controls.