IANS and Artico Search

70% of CISOs optimistic about managing AI risk say their security team uses AI effectively, compared with 38% of pessimistic CISOs.

81% of CISOs optimistic about managing AI risk own the AI security budget, compared with 50% of pessimistic CISOs.

CISOs running AI security-mature programs rate present-day AI risk at 3.7 on a 1–10 scale, while CISOs with low AI security maturity rate it at 7.8.

41% of CISOs optimistic about managing AI risk report an understaffed security team, compared with 9% of pessimistic CISOs, a 38-point gap.

80% of CISOs optimistic about managing AI risk over the next 24 months say senior leadership has a fair or good understanding of AI risk, compared with 48% of pessimistic CISOs, a 32-point gap.

74% of CISOs optimistic about managing AI risk report clearly defined AI governance ownership at their companies, compared with 40% of pessimistic CISOs.