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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Confidence in cybersecurity holds in face of retail attacks
Businesses remain overwhelmingly confident in the value of cybersecurity despite the recent high-profile cyberattacks on retailers, a survey has shown. GlobalData's Tech Sentiment Polls Q2 2025 survey, carried out across the company's network of B2B news websites between April and June, found that 85% of respondents believe either that cybersecurity will live up to all of its promise or that there is some use for it. In terms of the impact the technology is expected to have, 69% of respondents suggested it would either significantly or at least slightly disrupt their industries. Nearly two-thirds (60%) of respondents reported that cybersecurity is already disrupting their industries, with a further 18% believing that it will do so at some point in the next decade. The survey showed a slight fall in the proportion of respondents predicting that cybersecurity would not disrupt their industry at all, from 22% in Q1 2025 to 18% in Q2. The survey was carried out around the time that various retailers in the UK and elsewhere were being hit by cyberattacks. They included Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods. By way of context, GlobalData said in its report outlining the survey results: 'As a technology, cybersecurity is ubiquitous across all sectors. In Q2 2025, 68% of respondents believed cybersecurity was already disrupting their industry or would do so in the next 12 months. No industry is exempt from cyberattacks. 'A lower percentage of respondents claimed to fully understand cybersecurity this quarter (39%) than in the previous quarter (46%). As cyberattacks become more sophisticated, it will be more difficult to identify and tackle cybersecurity threats.' Elsewhere, the survey showed that artificial intelligence remains the technology that respondents believe will be most disruptive. Well over half (58%) believe it will significantly disrupt their industries, with a further fifth (19%) expecting a slight disruption. "Confidence in cybersecurity holds in face of retail attacks" was originally created and published by Verdict, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Errore nel recupero dei dati Effettua l'accesso per consultare il tuo portafoglio Errore nel recupero dei dati Errore nel recupero dei dati Errore nel recupero dei dati Errore nel recupero dei dati
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Emerging tech adoption slows amid global uncertainty
The adoption of major emerging technologies has slowed slightly over the first quarter of 2025, a new survey suggests. GlobalData's Tech Sentiment Polls Q1 2025 survey reveals that industry respondents now believe that six out of seven of the most significant emerging technologies will take longer to disrupt their sectors or may not at all than they previously had. From Q4 2024 Q1 2025, the share of respondents indicating that their sector is already being disrupted by cybersecurity fell from 61% to 59% (-2pp), cloud computing from 61% to 59% (-6pp), artificial intelligence 53% to 49% (-4pp), the internet of things 48% to 44% (-4pp), robotics from 38% to 33% (-5pp) and augmented reality from 23% to 22% (-1pp). Only the metaverse saw a rise in respondents who believe that it is already disrupting sectors, although nearly half (45%) of the 354 respondents believe it never will. Over the same period, the proportion of respondents indicating that their sector will be disrupted at some point in the next decade or not at all by cybersecurity rose from 38% to 41% (+3pp), from 38% to 47% (+9pp) for cloud computing, from 47% to 52% for artificial intelligence (+5pp), from 52% to 56% for the internet of things (+4pp), from 62% to 67% (+5pp) for robotics and from 77% to 80% (+3pp) for augmented reality. The metaverse saw a fall from 84% to 83%. While the report suggests no reasons for this tempering of expectations, the survey was carried out between January and March this year, aligning with the first two and a half months of the new Trump administration in the US and the global uncertainty that has brought. An upending of the global trade system via a sweeping, stringent and scattergun tariffs agenda along with a lack of clarity about the US' intentions in relation to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine are two aspects of the administration giving businesses pause for thought. Despite this, survey respondents remain buoyant about the overall value of the technologies. A huge 91% believe that robotics will live up to all of its hype or that it has a use, 88% for cybersecurity, 89% for artificial intelligence, 87% for cloud computing, 74% for augmented reality and 71% for the internet of things. Only 26% believe as much for the metaverse, however, with 60% believing it is all hype and no substance. "Emerging tech adoption slows amid global uncertainty" was originally created and published by Verdict, a GlobalData owned brand.
