One third of enterprises will automate 50% of network activities by 2026
By 2026, 30% of enterprises will automate more than half of their network activities, an increase from under 10% in mid-2023. “Infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders are increasingly looking to AI-based analytics and augmented decision making, including intelligent automation (IA), to improve operational resilience and responsiveness, address complexity and process increasingly large amounts of data through […]
Global information security spending to surpass $200bn in 2025
Worldwide end-user spending on information security is projected to total $212 billion in 2025, up 15.1% from $183.9 billion in 2024, according to data from Gartner, which attributes the expected growth to increased threats and a talent crunch. “The continued heightened threat environment, cloud movement and talent crunch are pushing security to the top of the priorities […]
Formal AI guidance for acceptable AI use at work issued by less then half of employers
The majority of businesses acknowledge AI’s potential risks, yet only a small portion have established comprehensive controls surrounding its use, according to findings from Sapio Research that examine both consumer and employer attitudes towards AI across Europe. The report surveyed 800 consumers and 375 business decision makers responsible for their finance department, with respondents from the UK, […]
Majority of UK businesses expect a cyberattack within a year
70% of UK business leaders expect to suffer a cybersecurity incident in the next 12 months, but only 35% of organisations feel well prepared to deal with one. That’s according to new research from Cloudflare, which polled over 4,000 business and technology leaders across Europe and 430 in the UK, finding that almost half (48%) of […]
Executive leaders ‘struggling to prioritise sustainable IT initiatives’
Some of the most cost-effective sustainable IT initiatives currently have less than a 30% adoption rate by organisations, according to a new survey by Gartner. The survey was conducted in the fourth quarter of 2023 to assess the actions and impact of IT to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within IT and the enterprise. In total, […]
Sustainability monitoring high on CIO agenda for cloud environments
Fifty percent of organisations will adopt sustainability-enabled monitoring by 2026, to manage energy consumption and carbon footprint metrics for their hybrid cloud environments, according to a poll of CIOs conducted by Gartner. This is in response to pressure from investors, customers, regulators and governments, which is forcing organizations to adopt carbon neutrality and net zero […]
Questions raised as to whether US government agencies can implement zero trust policies in short-term
75% of U.S. federal agencies will fail to implement zero trust security policies by 2026 due to funding and expertise shortfalls. That’s according to Gartner, which defines zero trust as a security paradigm that starts from the baseline of trusting no end user, and explicitly identifies users and grants them the precise level of access […]
Financial sector subject to cyber attack ‘death by a million cuts’
BlackBerry’s Global Threat Intelligence Report states that threat actors focusing efforts on targeting high-value data held by the global financial sector, with one million attacks logged over the 120 day period. This “death by a million cuts” is revealed to be using mainly commodity malware, which indicates a large number of independent actors targeting the […]
30% of increasing demand for APIs will come from AI and LLM
More than 30% of the increase in demand for application programming interfaces (APIs) will come from AI and tools using large language models (LLMs) by 2026, according to Gartner. “With technology service providers (TSPs) leading the charge in GenAI adoption, the fallout will be widespread,” said Adrian Lee, VP Analyst at Gartner. “This includes increased […]
Is defensive AI the key to guarding against emerging cyber threats?
Google’s recent announcement of an artificial intelligence (AI) Cyber Defense Initiative to enhance global cybersecurity underscores the importance of defending against increasingly sophisticated and pervasive cyber threats. And according to analysts at GlobalData, AI will play a pivotal role in collecting, processing, and neutralising threats, transforming the way organisations combat cyber risks. Looking at AI […]
