CSC recently released new research on how chief information security officers are adapting to an evolving artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem while managing traditional cyber threats, such as DNS outages.
According to CSC’s CISO Outlook 2026 report, 73 percent of respondents say AI presents more of an opportunity than a risk for cybersecurity. Additional findings include:
- 98 percent of respondents are concerned about the risks of giving third-party AI-based systems—including large language models (LLMs)—access to company data
- 79 percent say they are “concerned” or “very concerned” that suppliers’ and partners’ AI tool use poses a cybersecurity risk to their organization, yet almost three-quarters (70 percent) of respondents say their organizations apply risk controls only to key suppliers.
A copy of the report is available here.
