DNSFilter survey shows executive confidence on 72-hour cyberattack resilience outpaces IT teams

• DNSFilter’s 2026 survey flagged a widening gap between executive confidence in AI cyber resilience and frontline IT assessments.
• 73.9% of executives expected to sustain critical operations through a 72-hour cyberattack; 47.5% of IT managers agreed; cybersecurity staff 50%.
• 45.8% of IT managers reported unreported security incidents; executives put the figure at 17.4%, highlighting governance visibility risk.
• Shadow AI drove the highest incident rate by organization size band at 32.5% for the largest firms versus 20.1% overall.
• 40% of organizations cited a security incident tied to a third-party SaaS or AI tool in the past 12 months; 20% confirmed an unauthorized AI connection caused one.

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