This article includes excerpts from various reports that provide statistics and information on GénAI and its impact on businesses.
CEOs Accelerate GenAI Adoption Despite Workforce Resistance
IBM | IBM study | May 2024
- 63% of CEOs say their teams have the skills and knowledge to integrate generative AI, but few understand the impact of generative AI adoption on the workforce and culture of their organization.
- 40% of CEOs plan to hire additional staff due to generative AI, but 53% of respondents say they are already struggling to fill key technology positions.
Rapid growth in AI pushes CISOs to adapt to new security risks
Trellis | The Mind of the CISO: Decoding the Impact of GenAI | May 2024
- 76% of CISOs are already using GenAI in their organization, and most of the remaining 24% are considering doing so.
- On average, CISOs estimate that GenAI has or could improve their organization’s staff productivity by 38%.
GenAI allows cybersecurity leaders to hire more entry-level talent
Splunk | State of Security 2024: the race to exploit AI | May 2024
- 93% of security leaders said public GenAI is used in their respective organizations, and 91% said they use GenAI specifically for cybersecurity operations.
- 86% of cybersecurity leaders say GenAI can enable them to hire more entry-level talent to close the skills gap, and 58% say onboarding of entry-level talent will be faster thanks to GenAI.
Security professionals are cautiously optimistic about AI
Cloud Security Alliance and Google Cloud | State of AI and Security Survey Report | April 2024
- 55% of organizations plan to implement security tools and solutions with GenAI and are exploring a wide range of use cases for these technologies, with the top use cases being rule creation (21%), simulation attacks (19%) and compliance violations. detection (19%).
22% of employees admit to breaking company rules with GenAI
1Password | Balance: security and productivity in the age of AI | April 2024
- 92% of security professionals have security concerns about generative AI, with specific apprehensions including employees entering sensitive company data into an AI tool (48%), using systems of AI trained with incorrect or malicious data (44%) and falling into the trap of enhanced AI. phishing attempts (42%).
- 57% say using generative AI tools at work saves them time and makes them more productive. And a relatively small but significant group of employees (22%) admit to knowingly breaking company rules on the use of generative AI.
AI tools expose businesses to the risk of data exfiltration
Code42 | Annual Data Exposure Report 2024 | March 2024
- 79% of respondents believe their cybersecurity team lacks skilled workers, leading cybersecurity leaders to turn to AI (83%) and GenAI (92%) technologies to fill the talent gap.
- 87% are concerned that their employees could inadvertently expose sensitive data to competitors by entering it into GenAI.
Companies ban or limit use of GenAI due to privacy risks
Cisco | Data Privacy Benchmarking Study 2024 | February 2024
- 63% of organizations have established limits on what data can be captured, 61% have limits on which employees can use GenAI tools, and 27% said their organization has completely banned GenAI applications at this time.
Unlocking the full potential of GenAI through the reinvention of work
Accenture | Reinvention in the era of generative AI | January 2024
- While 95% of workers see value in working with GenAI, 60% are also concerned about job loss, stress and burnout.
- 94% of workers surveyed said they were ready to learn GenAI skills, even though only 5% of organizations offer training at scale.
Adversaries exploit trends and target popular GenAI applications
Netscope | Cloud and Threat Report 2024 | January 2024
- More than 10% of enterprise employees access at least one generative AI application each month, up from just 2% a year ago.
- In 2023, ChatGPT was the most popular generative AI application, accounting for 7% of enterprise usage.
