22% of organizations are actively in production with limited deployment of AI at the edge.

Survey respondents estimated that approximately 16% of budgets could be saved by tackling fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) in general.

Current AI adoption rates for addressing FWA are relatively low, with about half of those surveyed using AI.

Among those already using AI to confront FWA, nearly 40% cite better prioritization of fraud alerts and quicker identification of FWA as benefits.

59% of respondents report having too many alerts.

33% of SOCs are using GenAI for Threat intelligence analysis.

85% of respondents listed fighting fraud as a top five priority.

Nearly a third face significant resource limitations in fighting FWA.

31% of SOCs are using GenAI for Querying security data.

When it comes to the most concerning threat actors, external sources dominate with hacktivists holding the top spot.

Since January 2024, DNSFilter has been processing a monthly average of over 330 million queries that fall under the generative AI category.

This number of blocked requests represented about 12% of all generative AI queries processed by DNSFilter in March.

There was a 2,000% rise in malicious sites containing "openai" in their name between April 2024 and April 2025

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

Compared to publicly available tools, 63% agree that domain-specific AI significantly or extremely enhances security operations.

63% of respondents reported having serious concerns about providing biometric information.

45% of respondents have been targeted by ads for retail fraud guides or services on social media.

34% of organizations are testing with plans to deploy AI at the edge within the next 24 months.

Multimodal AI is widely deployed in the cloud (59%).

There was a 92% decrease in malicious and fake ChatGPT and other generative AI sites between April 2024 and April 2025.