68% of technology leaders express concern that their AI agents will behave unpredictably.

About three-fourths of ITOps and engineering leaders identify end-to-end observability as their top investment priority to improve infrastructure resilience.

There is an 82-percentage-point gap between AI belief (91%) and AI deployment readiness (9%) in the U.S.

7% of organizations were unable to confirm whether they had been attacked at all in the past year.

52% of global organizations cite legacy infrastructure as a primary blocker to security or AI deployment.

2,130 AI-related vulnerabilities were reported in 2025, a more than 200% increase since 2023.

Of the 48,000+ CVEs published in 2025, only 58 represented a genuine, discoverable, and exploitable threat to enterprise supply chains.

48% of global organizations cite migration complexity as a primary blocker to security or AI deployment.

97% of organizations commit to implementing AI.

57% of organizations report a significant capacity gap in AI security and risk management.

41% of global organizations rank cost as a primary blocker to security or AI deployment.

Capability gaps exist across the AI stack: 57% report gaps in AI security and risk management, 57% in AI operations and monitoring, 54% in cost optimization, and 45% in AI infrastructure expertise.

57% of organizations are upskilling existing staff as the primary response to talent gaps, compared with 49% hiring new technical staff.

Upskilling outperforms hiring: it provides a 7.9x advantage in business context, a 7.7x advantage in staff retention, a 7.3x advantage in team cohesion, a 5x advantage in total cost, and a 3.5x advantage in quality of work.

More than half of organizations with fewer than 250 employees report having no dedicated security team.

Across the global sample, one in three businesses reported a confirmed cyberattack in the past year.

90% believe employees are using artificial intelligence in their organization, but only 22% say AI return on investment (ROI) has met or exceeded their expectations.

Only 38% of digital trust professionals are confident in their board’s understanding of AI risks.

Mobile application attack rates climbed 58% between 2022 and 2026, rising from 55% to 87%.

58% of decision makers said that improving the overall security posture related to internal threats was a security priority over the next 12 months.