Only 3% of organizations have automated, machine-speed controls governing AI behavior.

92% of security professionals say automation reduces their team's mean time to respond.

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

87% of security professionals say integrating agentic AI is a priority for their teams.

Over 60% of organizations cite automating identity lifecycle processes and scaling identity operations as their primary GenAI use cases.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

84% of organizations say AI and automation enhance 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.

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

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

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