Trellix, the company delivering the future of AI-powered cybersecurity, today announced a new report, Mind of the CISO: Closing the gap between reaction and readiness, which found nearly all CISOs (98%) face barriers when acting on threat intelligence, with the top challenges reported as keeping pace with evolving threats (45%), integration issues (39%), and regulatory constraints (38%). As a result, threat intelligence defaults to a reactive function within a workstream, rather than an embedded, proactive strategy to build resilience, accelerate response, and stay ahead of evolving threats.

“Global threat detection volume from APT actors rose 45% at the beginning of this year, and CISOs are now tasked with staying ahead of these adversaries who are becoming more organized, well-resourced, and faster, partially due to the growing use of AI,” said John Fokker, Head of Threat Intelligence, Trellix. “Moving beyond a traditional tactical approach to utilizing operational threat intelligence allows CISOs to better understand the behaviors and objectives of threat actors, anticipate potential threats, and proactively prepare defense strategies.”