Automation
We've curated 112 cybersecurity statistics about Automation to help you understand how automated threat detection and response technologies are evolving in 2025, making it easier for organizations to combat cyber threats effectively and efficiently.
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11% of enterprises automatically block actions when AI agents exceed their scope.
IT professionals see their roles as 52% more automation-driven compared to two years prior.
58% of organizations use automated remediation tools for identity-related issues.
The rate of effective automation between CTI and SecOps tools doubled from 13% in 2025 to 26% in 2026.
Only 32% of enterprises apply AI and automation to clearly different tasks based on their distinct strengths.
56% of CFOs cite AI and automation as their top financial priority.
The dominant investment priorities for midmarket organizations are AI and automation (49%) and adding new solutions (33%).
47% of IT professionals use AI to automate incident prioritization
AI and automation serve as the primary catalyst for cybersecurity budget expansion for 44% of organizations, followed by cloud infrastructure growth (33%) and mainstream business AI adoption (32%).
Threat actors utilizing AI and automation tools can achieve lateral movement within an organization in as little as 4 minutes, 85% faster than the previous year.
47.1% of security leaders distrust automated results
41.2% of security teams cite insufficient auditability as a barrier to automation
45.9% of organizations cite data quality and schema issues as a barrier to automation
52.6% of organizations cite skill gaps and lack of expertise as a barrier to automation
80% of ransomware groups use AI, automation, or both in their attacks.
When open source using organizations were asked if they took steps to improve its patch and vulnerability management processes in the last 12 months, 68.8% said they increased automation.
Only 3% of organizations have automated, machine-speed controls governing AI behavior.
92% of security professionals say automation reduces their team's mean time to respond.
87% of security professionals say integrating agentic AI is a priority for their teams.
77% of security professionals express some level of comfort with deploying agentic systems and allowing them to act without human review.