{"id":72324,"date":"2025-05-21T14:25:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=72324"},"modified":"2025-05-30T16:00:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:00:39","slug":"it-security-stats-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/uk\/news\/stories\/it-security-stats-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"New Research Finds Strong Data Foundation and Governance Capabilities Key to UK Businesses Securely Implementing\u00a0Agentic AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><em>UK IT security leaders expect AI agents to be beneficial, yet most see significant readiness gaps in deploying proper safeguards<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>As AI adoption accelerates and cyber threats increase, 7 in 10 (69%) UK IT security leaders recognise their security practices need transformation. 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significant implementation challenges ahead\u200c. 49% worry their data foundation isn\u2019t set up to get the most out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/uk\/agentforce\/what-are-ai-agents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agentic AI<\/a>, and over half (54%) aren&#8217;t fully confident they have appropriate guardrails to deploy AI agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why it matters: <\/strong>Both the professionals charged with protecting a company\u2019s data and systems and the bad actors looking to exploit vulnerabilities&nbsp; are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.morganstanley.com\/articles\/ai-cybersecurity-new-era\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">increasingly adding<\/a> AI to their toolkits. Autonomous AI agents, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/agentforce-security-ai-agents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">which help security teams cut down on manual work<\/a>, can free up humans\u2019 time for more complex problem solving. However, agentic AI deployments require robust <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/blog\/data-centric-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">data infrastructure<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/agentic-ai-for-privacy-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">governance to be successful<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"contextual-driver has-text-align-left contextual-driver--green-cliff\">\n\t<header class=\"tidbit-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"tidbit-head\">\n\t\t\tWhy Trust, Security, and Governance are Non-Negotiable in the Agentic AI Era.\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"tidbit-body\">\n\t\t<p><\/p>\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"tidbit-link label\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"label has-right-arrow has-right-arrow--small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/blog\/unified-trust-security-governance-for-agentic-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>READ THE BLOG<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 14 10\">\n\t<path d=\"M13.92 5.38a1 1 0 000-.76.9.9 0 00-.17-.26.25.25 0 000-.07l-4-4a1 1 0 00-1.46 1.42L10.59 4H1.07a1 1 0 000 2h9.52l-2.3 2.29a1 1 0 000 1.42 1 1 0 001.42 0l4-4a.25.25 0 000-.07.9.9 0 00.21-.26z\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"tidbit img-green-cliff\"\n\t\tsrcset=\"\n\t\t\thttps:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/uk\/news\/wp-content\/themes\/newsroom\/assets\/images\/article-tidbit-green-cliff-large@0.5x.png 84w,\n\t\t\thttps:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/uk\/news\/wp-content\/themes\/newsroom\/assets\/images\/article-tidbit-green-cliff-large@1x.png 168w,\n\t\t\thttps:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/uk\/news\/wp-content\/themes\/newsroom\/assets\/images\/article-tidbit-green-cliff-large@2x.png 336w\n\t\t\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/uk\/news\/wp-content\/themes\/newsroom\/assets\/images\/article-tidbit-green-cliff-large@1x.png\"\n\t\talt=\"Illustration of green-cliff\"\n\t\tsizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 175px, 130px\"\n\t>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Salesforce perspective: <\/strong>\u201cTrusted AI agents are built on trusted data.&nbsp;IT security teams that prioritize data governance will be able to augment their security capabilities with agents while protecting data and staying compliant,&#8221; said Alice Steinglass, EVP &amp; GM, Salesforce Platform, Integration and Automation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-by-the-numbers\"><strong>By the numbers:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Security budgets ramp up as threats evolve<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to a familiar slate of risks like cloud security threats, malware, and phishing attacks, IT leaders now cite data poisoning \u2014 in which malicious actors compromise AI training data sets \u2014 among their top concerns. Resources are rising in response: 77% of UK organisations expect to increase security budgets over the coming year.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"tableau-viz-embed-container \">\n\t<tableau-viz\n\t\tclass=\"tableau-viz-embed\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/views\/MostConcerningSecurityThreatsMostEffectiveSecurityTactics\/Embed1?:language=en-US&#038;:sid=&#038;:redirect=auth&#038;:display_count=n&#038;:origin=viz_share_link\"\n\t\ttoolbar=\"hidden\"\n\t\thide-tabs\n\t><\/tableau-viz>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Complex regulatory environments add a wrinkle to AI implementation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While 70% of UK IT security leaders believe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/agentic-ai-for-privacy-security\/\">AI agents offer compliance opportunities<\/a>, such as by improving adherence to global privacy laws, 80% say they also present compliance challenges. This may stem in part from an increasingly complex and evolving regulatory environment across geographies and industries, and is hampered by compliance processes that remain largely unautomated and prone to error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Just 37% of UK IT security leaders are fully confident they can deploy AI agents in compliance with regulations and standards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>81% of UK organisations say they haven\u2019t fully automated their compliance processes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"tableau-viz-embed-container \">\n\t<tableau-viz\n\t\tclass=\"tableau-viz-embed\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/views\/SecurityComplianceandRegulatoryChanges\/Embed2?:language=en-US&#038;:sid=&#038;:redirect=auth&#038;:display_count=n&#038;:origin=viz_share_link\"\n\t\ttoolbar=\"hidden\"\n\t\thide-tabs\n\t><\/tableau-viz>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trust is a cornerstone of successful AI, yet confidence is nascent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent consumer study found that trust in companies is on a precipitous decline, with 74% of UK consumers agreeing that advances in AI make a business\u2019s trustworthiness more critical. Moveover, 84% now trust companies less than they did a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>61% aren\u2019t fully confident in the accuracy or explainability of their AI outputs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>65% don\u2019t provide full transparency into how customer data is used in AI.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>70% haven\u2019t perfected their ethical guidelines for AI use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image__wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large prevent-download\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"wp-block-image__modal-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" data-modal-id=\"72387-modal\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open Image Modal<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/State-of-IT-Stat.png?w=1024\" alt=\"State of IT Stat UK\" class=\"wp-image-72387\" 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A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/cio-ai-trends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">survey<\/a> of CIOs found that four times as much budget was allocated to data infrastructure and management than AI, a signal that organisations were smartly laying the right groundwork for broader implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"tableau-viz-embed-container \">\n\t<tableau-viz\n\t\tclass=\"tableau-viz-embed\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/views\/SecurityLeadersWhoAreFullyConfident\/Embed3?:language=en-US&#038;:sid=&#038;:redirect=auth&#038;:display_count=n&#038;:origin=viz_share_link\"\n\t\ttoolbar=\"hidden\"\n\t\thide-tabs\n\t><\/tableau-viz>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AI agents offer a salve as adoption ramps up<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>41% of UK IT security teams already use agents in their day-to-day operations \u2014 a figure that\u2019s anticipated to nearly double over the next two years. UK IT security leaders expect a range of benefits as their use of agents ramps up, ranging from threat detection to sophisticated auditing of AI model performance. 77% expect to use AI agents within two years \u2014 up from 41% today.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"tableau-viz-embed-container \">\n\t<tableau-viz\n\t\tclass=\"tableau-viz-embed\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/views\/TopSecurityandComplianceBenefitsExpectedfromAIAgents\/Embed4?:language=en-US&#038;:sid=&#038;:redirect=auth&#038;:display_count=n&#038;:origin=viz_share_link\"\n\t\ttoolbar=\"hidden\"\n\t\thide-tabs\n\t><\/tableau-viz>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tactical overhauls are on tap<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the steps these teams must take to shore up their data foundations for the agentic era, over half admit they have work to do to bring their overall security and compliance practices up to par. Forty-nine percent believe their security and compliance practices are fully prepared for AI agent development and implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The customer view: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tech.asu.edu\/features\/asu-among-first-university-deploy-salesforces-new-ai-agent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arizona State University (ASU)<\/a> is among the first universities to leverage <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.asu.edu\/features\/asu-among-first-university-deploy-salesforces-new-ai-agent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Agentforce<\/a>, Salesforce\u2019s digital labour platform for augmenting teams with trusted autonomous AI agents in the flow of work. ASU stresses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.owndata.com\/blog\/from-compliance-to-innovation-asus-data-protection-transformation-with-own\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">need for data relevancy,<\/a> especially as ASU advances its AI initiatives. 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