Report by CSC
The CISO Outlook 2026: Authentic intelligence in the age of AI
Key Findings
Only 14% of security leaders are very confident in their company's ability to mitigate domain attacks.
57% of security leaders use AI-based monitoring and enforcement solutions.
73% of security leaders view AI as an opportunity rather than a risk for cybersecurity.
10% of security leaders believe major businesses and organizations are significantly underprotected against DNS outages.
70% of security leaders say their organizations apply risk controls only to key suppliers.
98% of security leaders are concerned about the risks of giving third-party AI-based systems, including large language models, access to company data.
79% of security leaders are concerned or very concerned that suppliers' and partners' AI tool use poses a cybersecurity risk to their organization.
44% of security leaders use AI-based solutions for threat detection and fraud prevention.
86% of security leaders cite AI-powered domain generation algorithms (DGAs) as a cybersecurity threat.