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AI SecurityEmerging1 sourceSep 7, 2026 · 08:25via CSO Online

What do CISOs need to rest easy about future AI risks?

Brief

Security leaders’ confidence in their ability to navigate the security risks AI will pose over the next two years rests on several clear factors, according to IANS analysis of its AI Security Survey, fielded earlier this year.

Of the 113 CISOs IANS surveyed in April and May, 41% expressed optimism about their organization’s ability to manage AI security risks over the next 24 months, versus 38% who were pessimistic.

Delving deeper, IANS identified six strong organizational signals that differentiate CISOs who feel confident about their ability to address rapidly evolving AI risks and those CISOs who dread what’s to come. And they have less to do with current controls and capacities and more to do with the CISO’s standing and sway within the organization.

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