Report by Palo Alto Networks
State of Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Report
Key Findings
Organizations use an average of seven disparate security systems and tools to monitor and identify risk.
74% of organizations have not fully integrated IT and OT security operations across their organization.
95% of critical infrastructure leaders express concern about Frontier AI-powered attacks on critical infrastructure.
91% of critical infrastructure leaders expect AI-driven cybersecurity to play a role in defending against exploits accelerated by Frontier AI models.
53% of organizations have policy enforcement and access controls in place across connected assets and users.
42% of organizations name legacy, unpatchable OT assets as their single biggest cybersecurity risk.
92% of critical infrastructure leaders say alert prioritization is important or critical.
50% of critical infrastructure leaders still rely on CVSS scores or manual review for alert prioritization.
40% of organizations have virtual patching or other immediate compensating controls in place.
68% of critical infrastructure organizations do not have complete, real-time visibility of all assets connected to their OT networks.
60% of organizations suffered a significant security breach in the past year.