The news: Executives’ excitement about AI adoption is countered by security leaders’ belief that the tech is the biggest IT threat to their business.
- Generative AI (genAI) ranked above phishing and supply-chain issues as the most concerning IT-related risk among security leaders, according to HackerOne’s latest Hacker-Powered Security Report.
- The number of security researchers using AI dropped to 38% this year, down from 53% in 2023, indicating some experts are scaling back use after failed experimentation.