CIOs rank AI as a cyber risk
A CIO survey published via press channels shows chief information officers now list AI alongside malware, ransomware and phishing as a top cyber risk, citing shadow AI and skills gaps. The report was distributed on April 13 and frames AI adoption as a major new category of enterprise cyber concern. (prnewswire.com)
Chief information officers now rank artificial intelligence alongside malware, ransomware and phishing as a major cyber risk, according to a survey released Monday by Logicalis. (prnewswire.com) The April 13 report said 28% of chief information officers identified artificial intelligence as a significant source of cyber risk, close to malware at 33% and phishing at 30%. Logicalis said the findings came from its annual survey of more than 1,000 chief information officers worldwide. (logicalis.com) The same survey said 77% of organizations experienced a cybersecurity incident in the past year, 41% reported slower incident response times, and 34% said artificial intelligence had created new security blind spots. Logicalis said 68% had raised budgets for post-breach remediation and ransom payments. (prnewswire.com) A big part of the problem is “shadow artificial intelligence,” the workplace version of shadow information technology: employees using unapproved tools outside central oversight. In the Logicalis survey, only 37% of chief information officers said they had full visibility into artificial intelligence tools used across their organizations, and 62% said employees jeopardize data security through artificial intelligence use. (logicalis.com) The report also tied that risk to staffing. Logicalis said 94% of chief information officers reported a cybersecurity skills shortage, while half said they were prioritizing skills-based hiring and training and 44% said they were turning to managed services to fill gaps. (prnewswire.com) That concern fits a broader shift in executive risk surveys this year. The World Economic Forum said in January that 94% of respondents expected artificial intelligence to be the most significant driver of cybersecurity change in 2026, with data leaks tied to generative artificial intelligence cited more often than adversarial artificial intelligence fears. (weforum.org) Public-sector technology leaders have been moving in the same direction. The National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ 2026 priority list put artificial intelligence at No. 1, ahead of cybersecurity, the first time in more than a decade that cybersecurity did not hold the top spot. (govmarketnews.com) Logicalis is a technology services company, and the survey was distributed through company press channels, so the findings come with the limits of vendor-sponsored research. Still, the numbers point to a concrete change inside large organizations: artificial intelligence is no longer just a tool to defend networks, but also a system that security teams now have to police. (logicalis.com)
