UK Businesses Struggle to Keep Pace with Accelerating AI-Powered Threats
IBM's Mark Hughes says AI-driven attacks are becoming an established part of the UK threat landscape. According to IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report, 22% of organisations in the UK have experienced AI-generated attacks.
This trend is expected to continue, with AI-powered threats accelerating and attackers adopting more advanced frontier AI capabilities.
The report also found that only 32% of UK organisations extensively use AI and automation in security operations. This gap in defensive capabilities makes it difficult for businesses to keep up with the speed of AI-powered attacks.
Organisations can close this gap by using AI-driven detection and automated response, which can help shorten the time it takes to identify and contain an incident.