Enterprises report increasing budgets for security training in AI and other critical topics

Dive Brief

Finding the time to train employees remains the biggest impediment to programs’ success, according to an ISC2 report.

Published June 11, 2026

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Dive Brief:

• Security leaders are seeing their training budgets increase as their organizations prepare workers for the AI era, the cybersecurity certification firm ISC2 said in a report published on Wednesday.
• Nearly half (47%) of respondents to the ISC2 survey said their companies considered AI the most important skill for their employees to learn.
• The report also delves into how organizations are adapting their training programs to the modern security landscape and dealing with the challenges they face.

Dive Insight:

With cybersecurity risks growing more complex, companies are investing in their workers to combat phishing, ransomware and other threats. Roughly three-quarters (73%) of respondents said their organizations had increased their security training budgets in the past year. One-fifth of organizations exclusively rely on...

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