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20.7% of senior cybersecurity leaders identify IT as objecting to implementing AI within the ERP environment.

22% of organizations experienced a security incident in the last twelve months where bad actors used AI to exploit their critical business platforms.

61.8% of senior cybersecurity leaders identify robust access management controls as a top requirement to build trust in AI over the next 12 months.

45.8% of senior cybersecurity leaders identify strong personal data protections as a top requirement to build trust in AI over the next 12 months.

56% of senior cybersecurity leaders say their organizations are currently pursuing or plan to pursue an ERP system transformation project over the next year.

Nearly 57% of senior cybersecurity leaders say at least one business unit has objected to implementing AI within the ERP environment.

75% of senior cybersecurity leaders cite lack of confidence in AI security as a top reason for business unit resistance to implementing AI in the ERP environment.

41.4% of senior cybersecurity leaders identify the security team as objecting to implementing AI within the ERP environment.

71.6% of senior cybersecurity leaders cite compliance risk as a top reason for business unit resistance to implementing AI in the ERP environment.

68.6% of senior cybersecurity leaders are only "somewhat" or "not very" confident that their current security defenses could detect an AI-based attack.

86% of organizations have already integrated, or will shortly integrate, AI directly into their ERP code.

36.8% of senior cybersecurity leaders identify sandboxing or digital twin environments as a top requirement to build trust in AI over the next 12 months.

54% of senior cybersecurity leaders believe responsibility for securing business-critical data in ERP systems sits with the security team.

47% of senior cybersecurity leaders expect ERP vendors to embed sufficient cybersecurity capabilities across their platforms to ensure that critical data never gets compromised.

58% of organizations started using AI-based apps or agents that touch their ERP system within the last six months.

70.6% of senior cybersecurity leaders have only some or no trust in AI applications and agents to secure their organization's most business-critical data.