Businesses eager but unprepared for AI to transform their security strategies

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Meanwhile, a new report found, companies are neglecting other basic security tools.

Published May 6, 2026

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Dive Brief:

  • Businesses are confident that AI will improve their cybersecurity posture, even as they neglect more fundamental security tools like identity management and zero-trust networking, according to a “State of Workforce Password Security” report that the business software provider Zoho published on Tuesday.
  • AI confidence also doesn’t match implementation readiness, the report found, with a massive gap between the share of companies expecting AI to help them with security and the share of companies ready to act on that potential.
  • The report also contains data on the share of companies that experienced recent cyberattacks and the business world’s security spending plans.

Dive Insight:

The gap between AI eagerness and AI readiness was one of the top findings Zoho highlighted in its report. While 90% of survey respondents said...

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