F5 Study: Enterprises Plowing Ahead with AI Deployment Despite Gaps in Data Governance and Security Concerns
F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) today released a new report that provides a unique view into the current state of enterprise AI adoption. F5’s 2024 State of AI Appl F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) has released a report into the current state of enterprise AI adoption, stating that while 75% of enterprises are implementing AI, 72% report significant data quality issues and an inability to scale data practices. The report highlighted a trend where many companies overlook the need for a solid foundation in their AI solutions, which can significantly increase risk posture. Cybersecurity remains a key concern for those tasked with delivering AI services, with factors such as AI-powered attacks, data privacy, data leakage, and increased liability cited as top AI security concerns. The most common use cases for generative AI include copilots and other employee productivity tools, and customer service tools such as chatbots.
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SEATTLE--( )--F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) today released a new report that provides a unique view into the current state of enterprise AI adoption. F5’s 2024 State of AI Application Strategy Report reveals that while 75% of enterprises are implementing AI, 72% report significant data quality issues and an inability to scale data practices. Data and the systems companies put in place to obtain, store, and secure it are critical to the successful adoption and optimization of AI.
“AI is a disruptive force, enabling companies to create innovative and unparalleled digital experiences. However, the practicalities of implementing AI are incredibly complex, and without a proper and secure approach, it can significantly heighten an organization’s risk posture,” said Kunal Anand, EVP and CTO at F5. “Our report highlights a concerning trend: many enterprises, in their eagerness to harness AI, overlook the need for a solid foundation. This oversight not only diminishes the effectiveness of their AI solutions but also exposes them to a multitude of security threats.”
As enterprises build out a new stack to support the widening array of AI-powered digital services, the study highlights challenges they face across the infrastructure, data, model, application services, and application layers that must be overcome for widespread scalable adoption.
The Promise and Reality of Generative AI
Organizations are enthusiastic about the prospects of generative AI’s business impacts. Respondents named it the most exciting technology trend of 2024. However, only 24% of organizations say they have implemented generative AI at scale.
Although the use of generative AI is on the rise, the most common use cases often serve less strategic functions. The most common use cases that respondents say they’ve already deployed include copilots and other employee productivity tools (in use by 40% of respondents) and customer service tools such as chatbots (36%). Tools for workflow automation (36%) were named the highest priority AI use case, however.
Roadblocks to Scaling AI in Infrastructure and Data Layers
As enterprise leaders examine challenges to deploying AI-based applications at scale, they cite three main concerns encountered at the infrastructure layer:
At the data layer, data maturity is a more immediate and potentially bigger challenge impacting the widespread implementation of AI:
Cybersecurity Remains a Key Concern and Consideration
According to the study, cybersecurity is a principal concern for those tasked with delivering AI services. Factors such as AI-powered attacks, data privacy, data leakage, and increased liability rank among the top AI security concerns.
When asked how they plan to defend against these threats to secure AI implementations (or are already doing so), respondents are focused on app services such as API security, monitoring, and DDoS and bot protection:
The new F5 2024 State of AI Application Strategy Report can be downloaded here . Additional perspective is also provided by report co-author and F5 Distinguished Engineer Lori MacVittie in this companion blog . F5’s full 2024 State of Application Strategy Report revealing additional trends in AI, API security, multicloud networking, and more is also available via f5.com .
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Темы: Data, AI