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# **95%** fear frontier AI attacks, yet **68%** lack full, real-time visibility of OT assets

\* Based on 1,600+ critical infrastructure cybersecurity leaders across 11 countries and five key sectors.

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### State of Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Report

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##### The AI-era readiness gap is putting operations at risk.

*92* *%*  
say alert prioritization is important or critical.  
*7*  
disparate security systems and tools are used on average.  
*74* *%*  
have disconnected IT and OT security operations.

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