Adopting AI is a major priority for businesses - but employees are falling behind on education

• Nearly all security professionals agree automation reduces response times
• Only around half are currently using AI in key cybersecurity workflows
• Many organizations have now experienced deepfake phishing attacks

Most (91%) UK security teams now agree that while adopting the next generation of agentic AI is a priority, many companies are still struggling with uniform AI adoption due to the same old challenges.

For years, now, AI adoption has been held back by a skills shortages and poor policy enforcement, and new research from Ivanti shows those barriers are yet to be broken down.

In fact, a shortage of skills was cited as the number one barrier for AI in cybersecurity as attacks continue to rise.