We've curated 5 cybersecurity statistics about Automation to help you understand how automated threat detection and response technologies are evolving in 2025, making it easier for organizations to combat cyber threats effectively and efficiently.
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64% of organizations report that AI and automation have increased their focus on the basics of cyber hygiene.
84% of organizations say AI and automation enhance cyber hygiene.
The use of attack automation services increased from 31% to 36% of all attacks from Q1 to Q2 2025.
23.4% of Managed Service Providers (MSPs) identified a lack of automation for repetitive administrative and security tasks as a top pain point when managing Microsoft 365.
42% of respondents surveyed have expert-level skill in automation and AI.
95% of respondents indicated that Automation/AI requires significant or moderate improvement.
50% of respondents surveyed need significant skill improvement in automation and AI.
37% of UK CFOs surveyed cite cybersecurity and data privacy concerns as a significant barrier to automation
24% of manipulation concerns in the gig economy by 2026 will be related to bots and script automation.
64% of US IT leaders want to automate parts of their email infrastructure, but only 17% say they are fully prepared to implement automation.
41% of UK IT leaders said that AI-driven automation is a trend that will have the biggest impact by 2030.
72% of companies have automated basic IT operations such as security patch management
61% of CISOs are investing in automation.
Fewer than half of business executives are fully satisfied with the ROI on cloud, automation, and genAI.
Organisations using AI and automation extensively throughout their security operations reduced the breach lifecycle by an average of 80 days.
Organisations using AI and automation extensively throughout their security operations saved an average of $1.9 million in breach costs.
87% of security services providers say automation is a high priority.
50% of MSPs cite limited automation as their biggest barrier to scaling.
75% of analysts indicate that AI tools are already improving their job satisfaction by reducing alert fatigue and automating repetitive triage tasks.
Approximately 90% of organisations report some degree of automation across business activities, with IT and cybersecurity functions becoming highly automated and digitised.