Darktrace Releases Report On Security Professional’s View On AI Threats

Darktrace today released the findings of its second annual 2025 State of AI Cybersecurity report, which includes insights from over 1500 global security professionals on their attitudes and understanding of AI’s evolving role in cybersecurity.   

The report includes new data points that reinforce a few key trends:  

  • A majority of Canadian CISOs are feeling the impact of AI-powered threats. The offensive use of AI is now very real for CISOs with these tools helping attackers increase the speed, scale and sophistication of attacks. 
  • Canadian security professionals feel slightly more prepared for AI threats since last year but still cite challenges around lack of personnel as a key inhibitor to defending against these threats.  
  • There is a growing gap between confidence in AI tools and understanding AI tools. Nearly all Canadian security professionals are confident in the impact AI can have on cyber defense, but few report a strong understanding of the AI technology used today.  

The report is linked here.

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