78% of respondents believe AI will improve threat intel sharing within their organization.

The use of network analysis for fraud detection is expected to expand from 32% to 87%.

Privacy and security (48%) and ensuring their organization uses AI responsibly (43%) were among the top three challenges keeping government fraud fighters up at night

64% of organizations view lack of integrity as a major concern regarding AI adoption.

Nearly 70% of organizations identify AI’s fast-moving ecosystem, particularly in generative AI, as the top GenAI-related security risk.

Only 3% of CIOs report no current plans to implement Edge AI.

56% of global businesses are scaling or fully implementing AI.

45% of businesses plan to increase investment in AI over the next two years.

73% of respondents cited high implementation and maintenance costs as the top concern, presenting a barrier to AI adoption.

78% of global business and technology leaders reported that their use of artificial intelligence (AI) has helped improve fraud detection and risk management.

58% of respondents reported difficulty integrating the technology with existing systems as a barrier to AI adoption.

56% of global businesses are scaling or fully implementing AI.

64% of respondents stated that a lack of in-house expertise is a barrier to AI adoption.

40% of small business owners have experienced AI-driven fraud personally.

Small business owners business owners have a generally positive attitude toward AI-based fraud protection at 69%.

85% of small business owners said they are extremely, very, or moderately concerned about rising AI-driven fraud.

50% of small business owners owners report that their financial institutions use AI-powered fraud detection tools.

A significant minority (37%) of manufacturing and automotive decision-makers foresee AI causing network costs to rise.

57% of senior network decision-makers in manufacturing and automotive industries do not believe that AI has been overhyped and state that they are already seeing real benefits across their businesses.

Nearly all of the organizations surveyed (99%) are in favour of including AI in future SAT tools and workflows.