17% of respondents cite chargebacks as a top concern for the gig economy in 2026.

57% of managers feel encouraged to use AI.

54% of Organizations are using observability solutions for analyzing user interactions within a complex system.

31% of organizations are redirecting their largest security investments toward AI supply chain security over the next 12 months.

30% of respondents in the UK had AI tools provided by their IT team.

32% of respondents in Italy cite concern about ROI as their top barrier to AI security.

49% of AI users in education engage with AI daily.

47% of employees think it’s likely they will be managed by an AI agent in the future.

21% of workers aged 55 and older are not confident at all using AI tools.

29% of organizations consider AI capabilities as a criterion when selecting observability platforms.

41% of respondents are concerned about cybersecurity related to AI usage.

18% of organizations identify GenAI features embedded in SaaS applications as their second-highest Shadow AI concern.

Enhancing threat visibility is a security convergence goal for 31% of German organizations.

32% of respondents in Spain identify optimizing cloud security as a top security convergence goal.

5% of companies that experienced a cyberattack in the past year reported the cost of one hour of downtime to be more than $1,000,000.

1.9% of analyzed companies use 8 certificate providers.

26% of respondents are concerned about distrust of AI predictions/outcomes.

27% of organizations say runtime is the least defended phase in their AI security.

24% of gig economy respondents said that collusion is a top fraud and abuse concern for both 2025 and 2026.

Only 32% of organizations operate at a managed level with measured effectiveness and reporting in AI security governance.