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35% of leaders cite integration challenges as a top barrier to realizing ROI from AI.

44% of organizations surveyed believe that types of threats that can impact OT must be understood better to properly secure OT.

36% of organizations surveyed believe that networking protocols used by OT systems must be understood better to properly secure OT.

38% of organizations surveyed believe that total costs of digitizing physical infrastructure must be understood better to properly secure OT.

38% of organizations surveyed believe that implementing access control, including remote access, must be understood better to properly secure OT.

33% of organizations surveyed believe that incorporating OT into network maps/architecture must be understood better to properly secure OT.

43% of organizations surveyed believe that risk assessment for OT systems must be understood better to properly secure OT.

41% of organizations surveyed believe that different security priorities for OT vs. IT must be understood better to properly secure OT.

Nearly 35% of US SMBs say that system updates and maintenance are among their top IT challenges.

Costs were an obstacle for 46% of respondents in effective use of AI.

Lack of skilled personnel is the biggest obstacle to the effective use of AI in cybersecurity today, cited by 55% of respondents

Lack of transparency in AI decision making was an obstacle for 46% of respondents in the effective use of AI.

Difficulty in tuning, training, and supervising AI was an obstacle to the effective use of AI for 39% of respondents

Costs were an obstacle for 46% of respondents in effective use of AI.

Sophisticated threat landscape was the most commonly cited security pain point, named by 60% of respondents

30% of respondents in North America said they experienced difficulties in retaining privacy professionals, compared to 60% of respondents in Latin America.

73% of respondents said expert-level privacy professionals were the most difficult to hire.

61% said compliance challenges made their privacy role more stressful.