85% of CIOs say gaps in traceability or explainability have already delayed or stopped AI projects from reaching production.

70% of CIOs expect new AI audit or explainability requirements within the next 12 months.

25% of CIOs report having full real-time visibility into all AI agents running in production.

57% of CIOs believe their company’s survival could be at stake if the AI market contracts or an AI bubble bursts.

85% of CIOs expect their compensation to be directly tied to measurable AI outcomes.

87% of security professionals say integrating agentic AI is a priority for their teams.

Security professionals are 2.4 times more likely to believe defenders use AI as effectively as, or more effectively than, threat actors.

43% of security teams use AI for threat intelligence correlation.

44% of security teams use AI for incident response workflows.

53% of security teams utilize AI for cloud security policy enforcement.

42% of security teams use AI for vulnerability response and remediation.

77% of security professionals express some level of comfort with deploying agentic systems and allowing them to act without human review.

97% of IT, security, risk, and compliance professionals report using AI to streamline their work.

34% of enterprises cite security and governance as the top evaluation factor for agentic AI platforms.

85% of organizations are already using or piloting agentic AI.

60% of retail and eCommerce enterprises prefer building on existing, open-source tools for AI agent orchestration.

71% of financial services enterprises prefer building on existing, open-source tools for AI agent orchestration.

16% of public sector agencies are piloting small AI projects.

73% of construction enterprises prefer building on existing, open-source tools for AI agent orchestration.

74% of enterprises view deploying agentic AI into production as a critical priority or strategic imperative.