92% of CISOs say that improving threat detection and response capabilities is a top priority.

92% of CISOs say AI enables their teams to review more security events.

30% of security leaders in the Netherlands report that AI is already improving security operations.

75% of security leaders in Saudi Arabia report that AI is already improving security operations.

Many organizations run 50 or more security products.

77% of security professionals express some level of comfort with deploying agentic systems and allowing them to act without human review.

44% of security teams use AI for incident response workflows.

71% of defenders set aside important security tasks at least two days per week.

80% of enterprise organizations say security and DevOps use shared observability tools.

Manual or repetitive work consumes 44% of security teams' time.

31% of security professionals identify integration gaps between tools as an obstacle to scaling AI and automation.

77% of security teams regularly rely on AI, automation, or workflow tools.

99% of security operations centers use AI.

45% of enterprise organizations say security and DevOps teams are very aligned on tooling and workflows.

32% of organizations plan to use AI within the next 12 months for intrusion detection in 2025.

23% of organizations had to take disciplinary action against an employee due to security incidents in the past year.

38% of organizations plan to use AI within the next 12 months for incident response in 2025.

54% of security leaders reported that increasing budgets alone does not guarantee protection against cyber risks, highlighting the complexity of the issue.

70% of internal Security Operations Center (SOC) teams reported a skills shortage in data analysis as of 2025, which is crucial for informed decision-making in cybersecurity.

In the past year, 46% of organizations suffered an outage or disruption to service due to security incidents.