Automated verification of infrastructure security surged by more than 50%.

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

70% of IT and security leaders say they have fully or mostly automated their threat detection and response process.

92% of security professionals believe intelligent workflows would add value to their organizations.

32% of security professionals identify limited resources as an obstacle to scaling AI and automation.

25% of IT and security leaders say their threat detection and response process is fully automated.

Only 12% of organizations have achieved comprehensive automated life cycle management for machine identities.

63% of identity threat detection and response (ITDR) plans automated identity system recovery.

46% of respondents reported that up to 75% of banking identity verification processes are currently automated.

84% of organizations say AI and automation enhance cyber hygiene.

64% of organizations report that AI and automation have increased their focus on the basics of cyber hygiene.

23.4% of Managed Service Providers (MSPs) identified a lack of automation for repetitive administrative and security tasks as a top pain point when managing Microsoft 365.

95% of respondents indicated that Automation/AI requires significant or moderate improvement.

50% of respondents surveyed need significant skill improvement in automation and AI.

42% of respondents surveyed have expert-level skill in automation and AI.

37% of UK CFOs surveyed cite cybersecurity and data privacy concerns as a significant barrier to automation

41% of UK IT leaders said that AI-driven automation is a trend that will have the biggest impact by 2030.

64% of US IT leaders want to automate parts of their email infrastructure, but only 17% say they are fully prepared to implement automation.

72% of companies have automated basic IT operations such as security patch management

61% of CISOs are investing in automation.