49% of enterprises report their trust in AI is unchanged since the previous RSA Conference.

70% of enterprises say their trust in AI has not increased since the previous RSA Conference.

44% of enterprises report low or no confidence in their ability to detect AI agent-specific threats.

19% of enterprises identify shadow AI outside approved tools as a top anticipated risk.

Only 32% of enterprises apply AI and automation to clearly different tasks based on their distinct strengths.

78% of IT and cybersecurity decision-makers at enterprises say AI delivers greater financial return than automation.

52% of C-suite leaders at enterprises report that AI exceeded expectations.

44% of enterprises identify decision-making and approvals as a top bottleneck in workflows.

Only 9% of enterprises report no significant workflow delays.

17% of managers at enterrpises report that AI exceeded expectations.

91% of enterprises experience workflow bottlenecks despite deploying AI and automation.

92% of IT and cybersecurity decision-makers at enterprises say automation has met or exceeded operational expectations in security operations.

87% of enterprises have deployed AI and automation in security operations simultaneously.

90% of security leaders at enterprises expect to implement governance policies for citizen development by the end of 2026.

More than 50% of CISOs at enterprises agree that business users are building applications that support business-critical processes.

Over 80% of security teams at enterprises lack full visibility into the applications and AI agents created by business users.

90% of enterprises are working to standardize AI tool security.

Enterprises can track only 44% of the AI tools handling sensitive company and user data.

39% of organizations actively using, piloting, or exploring AI say most AI-enabled workflows still rely on separate, standalone tools.

10% of organizations cite a lack of data as a primary issue for AI adoption.