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Survey Findings Illustrate that Cybersecurity Has Morphed into Critical Driver for Business Growth Eighty-five percent of CEOs say cybersecurity is critical for business growth, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. The Gartner CEO and Senior Business Executive Survey of 456 CEOs and other senior business executives worldwide was conducted from June to November 2024. The […]

Windows 11 Upgrades and Increased Inventory to Preempt U.S. Tariff Impacts Fueled Growth Worldwide PC shipments totaled 59 million units in the first quarter of 2025, a 4.8% increase from the first quarter of 2024, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. U.S. PC shipments grew 12.6%, reaching 16 million units in the first quarter […]

AI Agents Will Increasingly Exploit Weak Authentication by Automating Credential Theft and Compromising Authentication Communication Channels By 2027, AI agents will reduce the time it takes to exploit account exposures by 50% according to Gartner, Inc. “Account takeover (ATO) remains a persistent attack vector because weak authentication credentials, such as passwords, are gathered by a […]

Leigh McMullen, distinguished VP, analyst & Gartner Fellow at Gartner Security has long focused on making employees aware of cyber risks and mitigating actions to take, yet this approach hasn’t been particularly effective in stopping dangerous behaviours. According to a Gartner survey, 93% of employees knowingly carry out actions that increase risk to the organisation. In addition, […]

CIOs Must Prepare for Rising GenAI Spending in 2025, Fueled by Better Foundational Models and Growing Demand for AI Products Worldwide generative AI (GenAI) spending is expected to total $644 billion in 2025, an increase of 76.4% from 2024, according to a forecast by Gartner, Inc. “Expectations for GenAI’s capabilities are declining due to high failure rates […]

By Pete Shoard, VP analyst at Gartner Monitoring the wide range of security issues thrown at organisations continues to create scaling headaches for many security operations teams. The more issues that need to be monitored, the more data, people, technology and operations are required. The sheer number of alerts, and the work required to handle them, […]

Gartner, Inc. has announced the top cybersecurity trends for 2025. These trends are influenced by generative AI (GenAI) evolution, digital decentralizing, supply chain interdependencies, regulatory change, endemic talent shortages and a constantly evolving threat landscape. Alex Michaels, Senior Principal Analyst at Gartner, said, “Security and risk management (SRM) leaders face a mix of challenges and opportunities this […]

Lack of Consistent Global AI Standards Forces Enterprises to Develop Region-Specific Strategies, Limiting AI Scalability and Benefits By 2027, more than 40% of AI-related data breaches will be caused by the improper use of generative AI (GenAI) across borders, according to Gartner, Inc. The swift adoption of GenAI technologies by end-users has outpaced the development of data […]

The explosive growth of new hyperscale data centres to implement AI and GenAI is creating an insatiable demand for power that will exceed the current ability of power utility providers to provide it. With data centre forecasts from Gartner reaching as high as 160% growth over the next two years, this rapidly increasing electricity consumption threatens to disrupt energy […]