Security leaders we surveyed feel pressure to secure their AI, and almost none of them feel ready

Here’s a fun little contradiction to start your week with: NetFoundry asked 200 CISOs and CTOs whether they feel pressure to secure the AI they’re deploying. Unsurprisingly, and to my considerable relief, every single one said “yes”. We then asked how confident they are that their current tools can actually handle the new risks, and 15% said “very.” 15% is very slightly less that the odds for rolling six on a 1d6. More specifically, among the CISOs, whose entire job is to be the professional pessimist in the room, that figure dropped to 10%. That’s the current situation: Universal pressure, near-universal doubt. Disclaimer and where the survey comes from I work at NetFoundry as a developer advocate, and NetFoundry commissioned this report. So yes, this is a vendor survey, and you’re correct to raise an eyebrow. (I’d be worried if you didn’t). In our defense, we did the thing you’re supposed to do: the survey itself was run by an independent research firm (Global Surveyz), the…