The Deloitte-NASCIO Cybersecurity Study of all 50 states and the District of Columbia found limited confidence of State Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) in their ability to respond to AI generated security attacks. None of the CISOs were “extremely confident” that their “state’s information assets are protected from Al-enabled attacks as a threat vector”, 10% were “confident”, 43% were “somewhat confident”, 33% were “not very confident” and 8% were “not confident at all”. Meanwhile, 65% and 35% OF CISOs were “somewhat confident” while 25% and 47% were “not very confident” in the cybersecurity practices of their contractors and local governments. In short, the threat of a security breach is real and significant.
Read the full survey here: https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/public-sector/2024-deloitte-nascio-cybersecurity-study.html