85% of organizations use AI for threat detection.

70% of organizations use AI for response and recovery.

22% of employees have unrestricted access to public GenAI.

Only 49% of respondents are confident their employees fully understand AI related threats.

Only 48% believe their teams fully grasp how malicious actors are using AI to execute sophisticated attacks.

60% of organizations lack confidence in detecting unregulated AI deployments (shadow AI).

86% of organizations have experienced AI-related security incidents in the last year.

Among organizations using AI in the SOC, 55% say AI frees up analyst bandwidth.

43% of organizations say that AI improved Threat analysis speed.

58% of organizations use AI in the Security Operations Centre (SOC).

Insider attacks are up (53% compared to 45% in 2024).

59% cite a lack of internal expertise to validate AI vendor claims, which is also up from last year.

52% warn that without pre-emptive AI, attackers will operate at unprecedented speed and scale, evading traditional tools.

56% of organizations say that AI improved Prioritisation of threats.

Among organizations using AI in the SOC, 57% report faster alert resolution.

70% of organizations say integrating AI tools with legacy systems is difficult, which is up from last year.

70% of organizations say that AI improved job satisfaction

53% of organizations report reaching full or mature AI adoption stages, which is up from 47% in 2024.

More than 50% of fraud is driven by artificial intelligence and hyper-realistic impersonations.

60% of financial professionals recognise voice cloning as a major concern.