70% of German executives express confidence in policy frameworks, compared with 54% of US executives and 51% of UK executives

22% of US executives and 18% of UK executives cite access to skilled talent as a strength

36% of financial services organisations and 36% of IT & technology organisations report modernising most or all core systems, compared with 12% of public sector organisations and 19% of industrial organisations

57% have confidence in existing cybersecurity policies.

68% of organisations have raised budgets for post-breach remediation and ransom payments.

Only 37% of CIOs say they have full visibility of AI tools in use across their organisation.

37% say early proof-of-concept success has made them bolder in AI initiatives.

94% of organizations report an increase in appetite for AI adoption over the past year.

89% of organizations describe their approach to AI as "learning as we go."

65% of CIOs are not strongly confident in their ability to scale AI beyond pilots and proofs-of-concepts.

88% of IT and security leaders say they lack the ability to roll back AI agent actions without system disruption.

15% of enterprises report that 76–100% of AI agents have defined ownership.

34% of enterprises report ownership visibility for just 26–50% of their AI agents.

54% of enterprises report having between 1 and 100 unsanctioned AI agents.

16% of enterprises report high confidence in their ability to detect AI agent-specific threats.

53% of enterprises have had AI agents exceed their intended permissions, leaving them vulnerable to increased risk.

47% of enterprises experienced a security incident involving an AI agent in the past year.

43% of enterprises report that more than half of employees use AI agents regularly.

AI agent usage occurs in IT (53%), Security (37%), Customer Service (34%), and Engineering (34%).

13% of enterprises feel highly prepared for upcoming AI-related regulations.