Report by N-able
Cybersecurity in the Age of AI
Key Findings
37.9% of small to mid-size organizations agree with the statement “We have observed a significant increase in sophisticated, AI-driven social engineering attacks targeting our employees in the past 12 months.”
8.5% of small to mid-size organizations strongly disagree with the statement “We have observed a significant increase in sophisticated, AI-driven social engineering attacks targeting our employees in the past 12 months.”
44.4% of SMBs say poor coordination is the key hurdle to resolving security vulnerabilities and incidents.
41.7% of SMBs say containment is the key hurdle to resolving security vulnerabilities and incidents.
Only ~25% of Medium & Low Priority alerts are investigated by SMBs.
47.2% of SMBs say alert fatigue is the key hurdle to resolving security vulnerabilities and incidents.
24.1% of small to mid-size organizations strongly agree with the statement “We have observed a significant increase in sophisticated, AI-driven social engineering attacks targeting our employees in the past 12 months.”
10% of small to mid-size organizations disagree with the statement “We have observed a significant increase in sophisticated, AI-driven social engineering attacks targeting our employees in the past 12 months.”
46.4% of SMBs experienced 3+ incidents in the past 12 months.
62% of mid-market organizations agree that AI-driven phishing and deepfake scams are on the rise.
47.2% of SMBs say lack of skills is the key hurdle to resolving security vulnerabilities and incidents.