AI Adoption in Cybersecurity Hits Trust Ceiling: Seemplicity Report — Seemplicity Security Inc.

Event summary

88% of enterprises use AI for security, but only 31% trust its recommendations.
59% of organizations rely on manual negotiations to assign remediation owners.
43% of leaders admit their remediation processes are still 'ad hoc.'
Report based on survey of 300 U.S.-based cybersecurity leaders in January 2026.

The big picture

AI has saturated cybersecurity tooling, but its role remains limited by caution toward automated decision-making. The 'coordination tax' is stalling remediation efforts, creating a widening execution gap as organizations struggle to keep up with AI-generated attacks and discoveries. This trend highlights the broader industry challenge of balancing AI adoption with operational trust.

What we're watching

Trust Dynamics: How the pace of AI trust development will affect operational efficiency in cybersecurity.
Execution Risk: Whether organizations can sustain current remediation backlogs without automated decision-making.
Process Standardization: The pace at which enterprises formalize exposure management workflows to bridge the business-to-technical gap.