91% of global organizations plan to implement AI in their tech stack this year, representing a 12-percentage-point increase from the previous year.

52% of organizations lack a formal AI governance framework.

78% of organizations believe that AI increases productivity.

72% of organizations believe that AI leads to faster time to market.

82% of CISOs say they are under pressure from executives or boards to reduce staff using AI.

83% of global cybersecurity professionals expect AI to benefit cybersecurity more than it will benefit cybercrime in the next three years.

79% of organizations believe that AI improves code quality.

30% of organizations state that AI now creates the majority of code in their organizations.

Two-thirds (65%) of organizations have already deployed AI-enhanced data security capabilities to classify data.

81% of organizations lack full visibility into how and where AI is being used across the software development lifecycle.

97% of organizations are using or piloting AI coding assistants.

100% of organizations confirmed having AI-generated code in their codebases.

78% of U.S. CISOs expect AI to create a moderate or significant amount of new IT or security work for their teams due to AI-related security risks and vulnerabilities.

100% of organizations plan to invest more of their budget in AI-related security initiatives in the next 12 months.

49% of organizations reported an increase in AI-generated phishing, 48% reported an increase in AI-powered malware, and 47% reported an increase in AI-driven identity theft or fraud in the past year.

88% of senior legal professionals believe that AI-enabled systems are driving an increase in infringement activity

50% of cybersecurity professionals in Germany reported that their organizations lack a dedicated Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution in 2025.

73% of employees are encouraged to use AI for some part of their workload in 2025

61% of cybersecurity professionals in Germany identified deepfakes as the most significant identity-based threat in 2025.

95% of leaders believe that AI and automation have improved security team effectiveness in 2025.