Darktrace has released its UK State of AI Cybersecurity Report, which surveyed over 200 security leaders and practitioners across a broad array of industries. 95% of these are not strongly confident in their organizations’ current ability to defend against AI-powered cyber threats
The research asked security leaders their thoughts on the threats facing their businesses following the widespread adoption of AI, which has increased the speed, sophistication, and success of cyber attacks says Darktrace.
Almost three quarters (71%) of businesses are already seeing AI-powered cyber threats significantly impact their organizations, and almost all (92%) expect these threats will continue to trouble their organizations in the future. Respondents are particularly concerned that the threats will increase the volume and sophistication of exploits targeting known vulnerabilities.
British security professionals are aware that the best way to defend and protect their businesses from AI-driven threats is by having AI-enabled defences. 98% of security stakeholders believe that AI-driven solutions will boost their defences and the majority (72%) are significantly or extremely confident in the ability of AI security to stop AI-powered threats.
Two thirds (64%) consider adding AI-powered security tools to supplement their existing solutions as their top priority for improving their defences against AI-powered threats, with upping their cyber readiness as their second highest priority. Additionally, 65% are confident that AI-powered solutions will be able to stop AI-powered threats automatically, reducing alert fatigue and freeing up time for security teams to consider their wider security strategy.
Platform-based security measures
When asked about their business’ security solutions, most (86%) respondents reported that their organization prefers to purchase security capabilities as part of a broader platform instead of individual point products. The majority (89%) are also very confident that platform-orientated approaches are more effective at stopping threats than collections of point products.
Additionally, over three quarters (79%) consider reducing the cost and complexity of their cybersecurity stack as a key objective at their organization.
