88% of organizations say AI deployment is outpacing their identity and security infrastructure.

93% of organizations say AI is a trigger for reevaluating identity infrastructure.

84% of IT leaders actively stall business-led AI initiatives.

56% of organizations now deploy AI broadly across multiple IT workflows or at business‑critical scale.

2% of organizations report no AI use at all.

88% of organizations are already using or piloting AI agents.

83% of CEOs feel pressure to accelerate their AI and data capabilities.

67% of organizations report that AI coding assistants are now widely adopted across development teams.

70% of organizations have AI-powered components in production.

IT professionals at AI‑mature organizations save an average of 6 hours per week, double the 3 hours saved at organizations with the lowest levels of AI adoption.

54% of IT professionals at organizations where AI is business‑critical say AI makes their work faster and better, compared with 24% among early experimenters.

64% of users are using AI applications directly, while an even larger share (95%) are using applications that incorporate AI-powered features indirectly in Europe.

In Europe, Individual user AI adoption increased from 35% to 65%.

48% of organizations report security concerns as the top barrier to AI adoption, up from 17% in 2024.

93% of organizations already use or plan to use AI agents for sensitive security tasks such as password resets and VPN access.

92% of organizations have AI installed on at least some local machines with access to SSH and encryption keys.

29% of organizations already use AI agents to manage security-related help desk tickets including password resets and VPN access.

65% of organizations intend to use AI agents to manage security-related help desk tickets within the next year.

99% of respondents say their organization already uses AI agents.

97% of organizations commit to implementing AI.