Cisco Report: Cybersecurity Becomes Top Barrier to Industrial AI Adoption at Scale

Summary

A new Cisco report highlights that cybersecurity has become the primary obstacle to scaling industrial AI deployments, with 40% of respondents citing it as a top barrier to AI adoption and 48% naming it their biggest networking challenge overall. This represents a significant shift from 2024, when cybersecurity ranked only third among external growth obstacles. The report attributes this rise to the expanding attack surface created by connecting more operational technology (OT) assets and system