Most (91%) UK security teams now agree that while adopting the next generation of agentic AI is a priority, many companies are still struggling with uniform AI adoption due to the same old challenges. For years, now, AI adoption has been held back by a skills shortages and poor policy enforcement, and new research from Ivanti shows those barriers are yet to be broken down. In fact, a shortage of skills was cited as the number one barrier for AI in cybersecurity as attacks continue to rise. On one front, cybersecurity teams agree that artificial intelligence improves how they respond to attacks. Most (93%) say that automation reduces response times, and security professionals are more likely to believe that defenders use AI as effectively as attackers.

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