Report by N-able

Cybersecurity in the Age of AI

11 FINDINGSPublished Feb 24, 2026
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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.”

SMBsAI-Driven Social Engineering

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.”

SMBsAI-Driven Social Engineering

44.4% of SMBs say poor coordination is the key hurdle to resolving security vulnerabilities and incidents.

SMBsCoordinationVulnerabilities

41.7% of SMBs say containment is the key hurdle to resolving security vulnerabilities and incidents.

SMBsContainmentVulnerabilities

Only ~25% of Medium & Low Priority alerts are investigated by SMBs.

SMBsAlert Fatigue

47.2% of SMBs say alert fatigue is the key hurdle to resolving security vulnerabilities and incidents.

SMBsAlert FatigueVulnerabilities

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.”

SMBsAI-Driven Social Engineering

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.”

SMBsAI-Driven Social Engineering

46.4% of SMBs experienced 3+ incidents in the past 12 months.

SMBsSecurity Incident

62% of mid-market organizations agree that AI-driven phishing and deepfake scams are on the rise.

SMBsAI-Driven PhishingDeepfakes

47.2% of SMBs say lack of skills is the key hurdle to resolving security vulnerabilities and incidents.

SMBsTalentWorkforceVulnerabilities