1 in 3 (33%) of respondents plan to fill skills gaps with AI and automation.

57% of respondents report automation has reduced the time to respond to vulnerabilities.

34% of respondents report seeing significant improvements in vulnerability response time due to automation.

Manual work still dominates daily security operations for many teams, with 35% reporting being overwhelmed with repetitive tasks.

33% are actively building their automation strategies

49% have long-term roadmaps for automation.

97% of respondents who use automated security control validation and measure their cyber effectiveness reported a positive impact since implementation.

19% of security teams rely almost entirely on manual processes.

44% of organizations say it’s difficult to hire for automation and AI roles.

Only 6% of respondents currently have fully mature automation programmes.

The SOC is restructuring around automation, with 45% of organizations creating centralized automation teams.

45% of organizations took up to three months to implement their most recent automation.

81% of security leaders state that AI-driven automation is a top priority for their strategy over the next 3 to 5 years.

Only 15% of organizations deployed their most recent automation in under a month.

Respondents stated that automated security validation enabled them to test over 200x more threats than manual testing.

45% of organizations took up to three months to implement their most recent automation.

Only 15% of organizations deployed their most recent automation in under a month.

44% of organizations say it’s difficult to hire for automation and AI roles.

54% of organisations lacked automation for lifecycle management.

37% of organizations report workforce reductions tied to automation.