19% of organizations are Pioneer, 25% are Outpacing, 32% are Fragmented, and 24% are Exposed in the AI Maturity Index.

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.

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.

Only 1 in 5 enterprises reach AI maturity, where AI in cybersecurity activities is fully deployed and security risks are assessed.

43% of enterprises have adopted a risk-based strategy to govern AI systems.

79% of organizations have not yet reached full AI maturity in cybersecurity.

Only 41% of organizations have AI-specific data privacy policies in place.

40% of IT leaders self-assess as mature in their AI practices, yet only 22% meet objective standards for leading AI readiness.

40% of organizations believe they are AI mature, but only 22% possess the objective IT foundation required to scale AI safely.

22% of IT leaders identified AI maturity and regulation as the second-largest disruptor in 2026.