Only 11% of organizations fully trust AI for mission-critical tasks.

30% of respondents were unsure if collaboration with industry peers to improve threat intel even exists.

Larger businesses (500+ employees) are more aggressive, with 39% reporting significant budget increases in Edge AI compared to 23% of mid-sized organizations (250-500 employees).

Ransomware has dropped to third place of most popular attack types.

The top quantum-related threat, cited by 63% of respondents, is future encryption compromise (the risk that quantum computers could break current or future encryption).

LLMs see somewhat less adoption at the edge (47%).

A third (34%) of respondents argued that fraud up to £100 is permissible.

Respondents cited gaps in analytical skills (48%), technology (40%), and budgets (24%) among the limiting factors in fighting FWA.

66% of organizations experienced a data breach in the past year, making it the most common security incident.

21% of respondents said they had heard about retaile fraud from colleagues.

Among younger respondents (~45%), the number of people who would ban biometrics was significant.

Among women (~39%), the number of people who would not ban biometrics was significant.

43% of respondents face unrealistic expectations by leadership.

Security risks and data protection concerns represent the biggest Edge AI implementation challenge (42%).

97% expect to use GenAI within the next two years.

Privacy and security (48%) and ensuring their organization uses AI responsibly (43%) were among the top three challenges keeping government fraud fighters up at night

Only 3% of CIOs report no current plans to implement Edge AI.

92% of respondents believe threat intelligence is critical.

18% of respondents claimed to personally know someone involved in insider fraud.

78% of respondents believe AI will improve threat intel sharing within their organization.