AI tops cybersecurity investment priorities, PwC finds

AI is now the top investment priority in cybersecurity budgets over the next 12 months, according to a new PwC report.

AI-based security was cited as a top three budget priority by 36% of business and technology executives, ahead of cloud security (34%), network security and zero trust (28%), data protection (26%) and threat management (24%).

AI threat hunting capabilities (48%) was the capability being prioritized by security leaders surveyed. This was followed by the deployment of agentic AI solutions to increase efficiencies in areas such as cloud security (35%).

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